SFAC Presents “Me Llaman Calle: The Monumental Art of Juana Alicia” Exhibit (SF)

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SFAC Galleries is thrilled to present Me Llaman Calle: The Monumental Art of Juana Alicia!

A solo exhibition celebrating the work of iconic muralist and multidisciplinary artist Juana Alicia Araiza.The exhibition centers on a few of Alicia’s renowned mural works around the San Francisco Bay Area as well as a new body of work on the story of La X’tabay, a Yucatec Mayan myth.

Join us for the opening reception of Me Llaman Calle: The Monumental Art of Juana Alicia on Friday, July 28, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Me Llaman Calle: The Monumental Art of Juana Alicia Opening Night
Friday, July 28, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Remarks at 6:30 p.m.
SFAC Main Gallery, War Memorial Veterans Building
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 126, San Francisco, CA 94102

Free and open to the public. 

MAESTRAPEACE Mural Tour

The MAESTRAPEACE Mural was painted in 1994 by Bay Area muralists Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Pérez. One of the largest and most visible murals in San Francisco, MAESTRAPEACE serves as a visual testament to the courageous contributions of women through time and around the world.

Saturday, August 12, 2023 | 1:00 p.m.
The Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street, SF

Mission District Mural Tour

Led by founder and director of Precita Eyes Muralists Susan Kelk Cervantes, this mural tour includes Juana Alicia’s La Llorona’s Sacred Waters and Isais Mata’s 500 Years of Resistance, among others. Please wear comfortable shoes for walking.

Saturday, August 26, 2023 | 1:00 p.m.
Precita Eyes Muralists, 2981 24th Street, SF

Dreaming in Color

Join us for a two-day symposium celebrating the important contributions made by Juana Alicia.

Day 1: Friday, September 8, 2023 | 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Latinx Research Center, 2547 Channing Way, Berkeley

Day 2: Saturday, September 9, 2023 | 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, SF

About Juana Alicia Araiza 
Juana Alicia was born in 1953 in Newark, NJ and has been based in the Bay Area since 1973. Alicia is a key figure in the Chicano Art movement and her murals can be seen across the globe, and in the Bay Area at notable sites such as The Women’s Building, Stanford University, San Francisco State University, University of California in Santa Cruz, and numerous other locations. Her highly political work has deep ties to activism and comments on the injustices we grapple with, particularly through the intersectional lenses of decolonization, feminism, and Mexican and Indigenous identity, as well as hope for a more equitable and just world. Alicia spends time between Berkeley and Mérida, Yucatán.

All programs are free and open to the public.