|
Extended through August 20, 2005, Main Floor
Video Screenings and Art Exhibit — Through August 20, 2005
GENERACIONES: THREE GENERATIONS OF MEXICAN WOMEN IMMIGRANTS celebrates the similarities and differences among generations, and enhances understanding of the immigrant experience. The San Diego Museum of Man, Barrio Logan College Institute (BLCI), film maker Joyce Axelrod, and artist Viviana Lombrozo have collaborated to bring this exciting public program to the Museum this spring.
Through a grant from the California Council for the Humanities California Story Fund, BLCI is documenting the lives of women from five Mexican immigrant families. Film maker Joyce Axelrod interviewed and videotaped the women—including grandmothers born in Mexico, mothers who were the first generation to emigrate, and daughters born in California. The families were given video cameras so they could document aspects of their own lives. The videos are incorporated into a documentary that will be shown regularly in the Museum Orientation Center through August 20.
Artist Viviana Lombrozo has been working with the five families to create art that interprets the individual ways the families have maintained their family ties. For example, one family enjoys cooking and sharing traditional foods, and their project visually depicts their family's culinary history. The art projects are featured in a Main Floor exhibit that opened on March 19.
|
Exhibitions
Generaciones