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Victoria Delgadillo
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Chicana Artists in Cuba - May 2008
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Zulmara May 23.
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- “There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time” -- Coco Chanel
In 2003, Victoria Delgadillo's written account on the curatory process for the first international exhibit on the the femicides in Juarez, Mexico was published in Aztlán an Academic Chicano Journal, through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) press. Along with Rigo Maldonado her artistic collaborator, she wrote an article entitled “Journey to the Land of the Dead: A Conversation with the Curators of the Hijas de Juárez Exhibit”. For her work on the Hijas de Juarez exhibit and for creating public awareness through art, she received awards from the Instituto Cultural de León, Guanajuato ( Mexico ) in 2003, La Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (Mexico ) in 2003, and the Los Angeles City Council (United States ) in 2002.
"The forensic word "femicide" was brought into our recent world culture, through the written activism of Diana Washington Valdez, a veteran award-winning journalist for the El Paso Times in Texas. The first to report on the abductions and brutal murders of hundreds of young Mexican women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Washington-Valdez' relentless exploration has officially awoken us to the fact that 3rd world women's lives are expendable. The international disgrace of Mexico's inability to resolve the murders and the associated extensive dialogues on governmental corruption have authorized women throughout the world to voice their outrage for the legal impunity towards femicides in their own countries. In 2002, less than a few years ago, googling words such as "femicide", "women of Ciudad Juarez", "border murders", "NAFTA murders" or "abductions in Chihuahua", brought no results. The selection of related items, on the internet are now substantial, due to the visual, written and performance artists who have vowed to create work on Juarez, until the crimes are resolved. In 2006, Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis of California introduced a resolution into congress condemning the brutal murders in Ciudad Juarez and urging the United States and Mexico to discuss resolution steps as part of their bilateral agenda. The resolution was passed. In 2007, Congresswoman Solis introduced U.S. House Resolution 100, which expresses concern over the unsolved murders of more than 2,000 women in Guatemala since 2001 and encourages new efforts to address these crimes and prevent further killings. This resolution also passed." --Victoria Delgadillo
Victoria's work is in the permanent collections of the LA County Museum, The National Mexican-American Museum in Chicago, the University of Texas Museum, California Printmaking Archive in Santa Barbara, the Orange County Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum and the Cultural Institute of Baja California.
Her written work and lectures in art activism are used in the curriculums of the Universities of California at Berkeley, Los Angeles and Riverside, and Cal-State Universities Northridge & Los Angeles. As a presenter and panelist, her body of work has been featured at the US National Chicano Educators Conference, on PBS television (American Public Broadcasting System), and on NPR (American National Public Radio). Victoria and Rigo Maldonado end their presentations on art activism with a workshop that enables the attendees to collectively create a protest art installation.
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www.laeastside.com
NI UNA MAS!!!
COMPANERAS! Join me in creating artwork and exhibits that support the Mothers, Victim Families and Activists in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Their plan is to pursue every legal process in Mexico. If justice is not reached, the families will take their plea to a world-wide justice mediator. Your prayers, programs, written work, exhibits, discourse and outrage help to support their campaign.
Know that we are each connected, no matter how far we seem to be from each other. NI UNA MAS!!
FOR UPDATED DETAILS ON JUAREZ --CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:
El Paso Times Reporter Diana Washington Valdez' blog
http://www.dianawashingtonvaldez.blogspot.com/
The Mothers & Families's blog
http://nuestrashijasderegresoacasa.blogspot.com/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/justice-for-the-women-of-juarez-and-chihuahua/page.do?id=1108394&n1=3&n2=39&n3=732
Voces Sin Eco -- group formed by sister of Juarez Victim. She paints pink crosses in Juarez where ever a missing girl was last seen
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/qualm/voces.html
A taste of Las Hijas de Juarez exhibit, curated by Rigo and me. Full exhibit and curators comments to be posted on ABLA soon!
http://www.sparcmurals.org:16080/sparcone/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=156
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo
www.lourdesportillo.com/senoritaextraviada/
Filmmaker Lorena Mendez-Quiroga
www.borderechoes.com/
Know that we are each connected, no matter how far we seem to be from each other. NI UNA MAS!!
FOR UPDATED DETAILS ON JUAREZ --CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:
El Paso Times Reporter Diana Washington Valdez' blog
http://www.dianawashingtonvaldez.blogspot.com/
The Mothers & Families's blog
http://nuestrashijasderegresoacasa.blogspot.com/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/justice-for-the-women-of-juarez-and-chihuahua/page.do?id=1108394&n1=3&n2=39&n3=732
Voces Sin Eco -- group formed by sister of Juarez Victim. She paints pink crosses in Juarez where ever a missing girl was last seen
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/qualm/voces.html
A taste of Las Hijas de Juarez exhibit, curated by Rigo and me. Full exhibit and curators comments to be posted on ABLA soon!
http://www.sparcmurals.org:16080/sparcone/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=156
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo
www.lourdesportillo.com/senoritaextraviada/
Filmmaker Lorena Mendez-Quiroga
www.borderechoes.com/
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woman, your work ... what can i say. it's incredible and with such a message. thank you for it, truly.
cuidate, mi amiga...
Zulmara
Thank you for reaching out to me. In solidarity from NYC!
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