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Lane Arts Council is pleased to announce the 5th year of Fiesta Cultural! Lane County’s largest celebration of Latinx arts and culture, Fiesta Cultural features over forty multicultural events happening September through December that highlight the rich diversity of Latinx arts, culture, and heritage in Lane County.
Special thanks to our Fiesta Cultural sponsors: City of Eugene Cultural Services and EUGfun!, Law Offices of Lourdes Sánchez, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Juntos (Program of Emergence), SELCO Community Credit Union, Monarcas de Eugene, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Tacovore, Centro Latino Americano, and Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace.
Thank you to our community partners: La Qué Buena, La E-Kiss, Huerto de la Familia, KLCC, Downtown Languages, Salseros Dance Company, League of United Latin American Citizens, and Eugene Arte Latino.
NOVEMBER EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Salsa Nights at Salseros Dance Studio
Every Friday, 9pm-12:30am
Salseros Dance Studio (1626 Willamette Street), Eugene
$6 before 9:30pm, $8 after 9:30pm, $14 on evenings with Descarga 54
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Join the salsa party every Friday! DJ Jose Cruz plays the hottest salsa music, and once a month, they feature Descarga 54, a 13-piece salsa band. A beginner salsa class taught by Jose Cruz and Salseros Dance Company instructors starts at 9pm, with the salsa dance party starting at 10pm. All ages welcome, no experience or partner necessary to attend.
Resistance as Power: A Curatorial Response to Under the Feet of Jesus
September 7, 2019 – February 23, 2020
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon campus, Eugene
Museum Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors, Free for children under 18, college students with ID, museum members
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The JSMA’s fourth “Common Seeing” exhibition supports the UO’s 2019-20 “Common Reading” of Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes. In the book, the resilient protagonist, 13-year-old Estrella, works in the hot California grape fields while navigating the realities of first love, financial struggle, family separation, and illness. For more information about the “Common Reading,” including upcoming university events, visit commonreading.uoregon.edu.
Two special loans from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) by artists Emanuel Martinez and Domingo Ulloa anchor the exhibition. Martinez created Farm Workers’ Altar (1967) for the Catholic Mass held in Delano, California, at which labor activist César Chávez broke his twenty five-day fast in 1968. Ulloa, “The Father of Chicano Art,” painted Braceros (1960) after visiting a labor camp in Holtville, California. From 1942 through 1964, the U.S. government invited agricultural workers from Mexico for limited-duration assignments to relieve the worker shortage caused by World War II. Ulloa presented a sobering view of the reality of life for these braceros (from the Spanish for “one who works using his arms,” implying manual labor), who experienced poor working conditions, crowded living quarters, and other challenges while employed in the United States. These special loans provide historical and cultural touchstones for Viramontes’s 1995 novel and contemporary works from the JSMA’s permanent collection, including recent acquisitions by Ester Hernández, Victor Maldonado, and Lilliam Nieves.
Resistance as Power: A Curatorial Response to Under the Feet of Jesus is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative.
DECEMBER EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Mariachi of the Shedd Performance
Saturday, December 7, 11:30am
The Shedd Institute, 868 High St, Eugene
This is the end of term performance for the Shedd’s student mariachi performance group. Mariachi del Shedd is led by Fernell Lopez and consists of students from around the Eugene/Springfield areas. The group studies, learns, and performs traditional mariachi music.
Bilingual Family Music Time
First Saturday every month, 10:15am at Downtown Eugene Public Library (100 W 10th Ave), Eugene
FREE
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Bring young children to sing along in Spanish and English with local musicians.
Posada Navideña (Christmas Celebration)
Friday, December 13, 6-9pm
Hamlin Middle School, 326 Centennial Blvd, Springfield
FREE
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Come celebrate the holiday festivities with the community! Alex Reyna from La E-Kiss will emcee the event, which includes a meal, music, and dance.
Madre’s Club
Saturday, December 14, 2-3:30pm 
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon campus, Eugene
Free
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This community art club is for Spanish speaking mothers interested in expressing their creativity and increasing their artistic abilities. Children are invited to come and create their own artworks.
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SUBMIT YOUR EVENT
If you or your organization is planning an event, program, or exhibition happening between September-December 2019 that aligns with Fiesta Cultural, it may be included in our promotions. Contact Jessica Watson at Lane Arts Council: artwalk@lanearts.org or 541-485-2278
