CSRC Events

Aqui No Hay Virgenes Art Exhibition

The CSRC co-sponsored Aqui No Hay Virgenes: Queer Latina Visibility, an art exhibition at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. The exhibition presents what curators Jennifer Doyle and Raquel Gutierrez characterize as "atypical images of radical Latinas and anarchic visions of bruisers, brooders and romantics that will knock you out with a kiss. No virgins here. nstead, we have women with attitude and a strong sexual presence - divas, punk  rockers, and peleoneras (fighters)."

Date: Thursday, March 15, 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Artists:  Alice Bag, Nao Bustamante with Matt Johnstone, The Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, Diane Gamboa, Alma Lopez, Shizu Saldamando

Curators: Jennifer Doyle & Raquel Gutierrez

Location: The Village, 1125 N. McCadden Place.

Gallery hours:    Monday-Friday, 6 -10 p.m.    Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sponsors: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), UCLA Chicano Studies

Research Center, and UC Riverside English Department.

The CSRC Library and Archive was at the event promoting its two new efforts, the Mujeres Initiative and the LGBTIQ Initiative, which are designed to increase archival holdings in each area.

For more information, see the website.

Huntington Park BBQ, by Shizu Saldamando