August 4th MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House

Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening 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.
 
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Adrian Arias is a visual poet from Peru, living and performing his art in the Bay Area since 1999. His new series of small format paintings is dedicated to his dreams. Curated by Renee Baldocchi and dedicated to René Yañez, the exhibition reflects a state of life that is very important to Arias’ creative process. His work is born in the surreal and is based on the idea of landscapes and natural scenes where the rocks, the sea, the mountains, and the flowers come alive with colors from the dream. Arias has received much recognition in his different disciplines, including his work as a poet for which he obtained prizes that culminated in book publications. As a visual artist, he has participated in artist residences with museums, such as the de Young Museum, and international exhibitions, like the Biennial of Venice and the Ibero-American Biennial. His video-art pieces have been selected and won prizes in San Francisco and Berkeley.
 
Formerly known as Love Songs from Around the World (LSFATW), Dina Zarif Ensemble is a collaboration between Dina Zarif, an Iranian immigrant singer, and Amelia Romano, a San Francisco native harpist, performing a blend of classical and folk music. Their music invites the listener on a journey that combines flamenco and tango-inspired rhythms with Iranian folk tunes in a seamless soundscape of tragedy and triumph through deep concepts of immigration and homeland.
 
With a cast of San Francisco’s most diverse musicians, LoCura mixes Latin styles like rumba flamenca, Cuban rhythms, cumbia, and ska together in a brand they’ve dubbed “califas flamenkito.” Fronted by Spanish-American vocalist Kata Miletich, LoCura reflects the global mosaic of its home in San Francisco through its distinctive style and brings the members’ experiences to life in its sophomore album, Semilla Caminante. With lyrics in Spanish and English, themes range from border issues and immigrant rights to urban life and making another world possible.
 
Ryan Andersen is a singer-songwriter and composer based in San Francisco. His songs explore themes of personal healing, spirituality, humanity, and environmentalism with the aim to inspire listeners and elevate consciousness.
 
Rupa Marya is a composer, songwriter, singer, guitarist, and leader of the band Rupa & the April Fishes. She grew up in between the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern France, and Northern India, and her compositions span four languages and countless musical idioms, from French chanson to Colombian cumbia, from American folk to Indian ghazal. Her music has been used by Giorgio Armani without her permission, has appeared in NBC’s Parenthood series, and has been used with her enthusiastic support to further the work of performance artists, climate activists, and food sovereignty activists around the world. The LA Times calls her sound “ecstatic and powerfully evocative.”
 
Dos Bandoleros is a Spanish rumba duo founded by Raul Vargas (Makrú) and Muchacho Mandanga (La Mandanga) in the Bay Area. Mixing Spanish covers and originals compositions, Dos Bandoleros offers shows full of energy and positives messages.

 
Time: 6:33pm event
Admission: Free

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