“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”

by Peruvian-born Artist, Adrián Arias

THIS IS A FREE EVENT
(Donation is encouraged)

Join us in celebrating the new mural on the RPAH’s exterior wall at 23rd & Folsom,
With a land acknowledgment, introductions, poetry readings, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House.

This event is a part of MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project)

This celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias.

Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Mural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias
5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck
5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution

6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION

MAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mission Art Performance Project
We’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including:

7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias
7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet
7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago
8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian
9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical

INDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias

Mural Statement:

English: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru, (my culture,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon, an Ohlone woman, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico.

Spanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú, mi cultura, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México.

Mural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford

ABOUT THE MURALIST

Adrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts, poetry, performance, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality, liberation, peace, and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act.
Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest, Luna Negra, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence.

KPOO INTERVIEW | October 5, 2023 at 7:15 p.m

We invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5, 2023, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people.

MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)

Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  Due to COVID-19, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.  

This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.

We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.

 RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:

Curator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif 

PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary

Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

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