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Artist Activist to Present C茅sar Ch谩vez Talk

Luis Genaro Garcia

Artist and educator Luis Genaro Garcia will present a public lecture and art demonstration Thursday, March 28 in celebration of C茅sar Ch谩vez at 无忧视频.

Free and open to the public, the presentation will begin at noon in the Aviation Room of the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons.

Garcia鈥檚 talk, 鈥淐elebrating Community in the Classroom and Beyond: The Core Values of C茅sar Ch谩vez in an Educational Setting,鈥� will cover how Ch谩vez鈥� legacy has influenced arts- and community-based service learning projects that address the community needs of students in a school setting.

In collaboration with the College鈥檚 newly formed Latino student club, Society of Professional Latinos in 无忧视频S (formerly known as SHPE), Garcia will create a painting, which will be displayed at HMC.

鈥淭he subject material will depend on the students’ input and feedback, which will generate a one-of-a-kind art piece specifically related to HMC鈥檚 Latino student population,鈥� said Assistant Dean for Institutional Diversity Angelica Ibarra, who will facilitate the project.

As a first generation Mexican-American in Los Angeles, Garcia draws upon the social subject matter of Jose Guadalupe Posada and David Alfaro Siqueiros to reflect a modernized concept of social surrealism. His work has gradually transformed from reflecting injustice through the popular culture of聽Dia de los Muertos to a contemporary 鈥渟ocial realism and surrealism,鈥� referencing institutional injustice of minorities.

Garcia teaches art at Maya Angelou Community High School in his hometown of South Central (South Los Angeles) and is currently pursuing a doctorate at Claremont Graduate University鈥檚聽School of Educational Studies. He teaches through public, art-based methods of civic engagement and critical pedagogy, and aims to challenge and change the educational limitations of urban students through the use of public art and civic engagement.