Artist Talk on Cultural Context of Contemporary Art

"We have to have artists who understand, the community comes first. After all, the place of the artist is to be part of the community. That's an idea I began when I made my decision to become a Chicano artist. I didn't choose to become an artist because I wanted to express myself, or indulge my own curiosity, or to go and have fun, or have a successful career. I got into art because I believed that culture was important. Now more then ever, culture is what I make."

Urban Camouflage 2008
is a project of
Mentoring Peace Through Art.
Funded by grants from
COMPAS,
and the State Arts Board of Minnesota (MSAB)
With support from the
Center for Independent Artists (CIA)

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