Mexicans in Chicago: Photographic Footprints will be on exhibit: January 15 - February 6, 2008Open Reception: January 30, 2008
Consisting of a series of black and white digital panels selected from the 2001 publication, "Images of America, Mexican Chicago, "by Rita Arias Jirasek and Carlos Tortolero, this unique exhibition aims to tell the stories of Mexican Chicago through a montage of old photographs and documents collected throughout the Mexican Community in the Chicago metropolitan area. The main themes are: the Road to Chicago, Community Life, Spiritual Life, Work, Political Activism, Social Activism, and Arts & Culture.
Our appreciation to the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, the largest Latino cultural institution in the country, for loaning us this exhibit.
