Battles over Latino Art & Public Space in SF

From murals to plazas, parks to landmarks, how have Latina and Latino artists fought for public spaces in San Francisco? How have city planners invented Latino public spaces? Competing visions of place illustrate contestations over history, art, and representation. This tour of Latino art and public spaces exposes larger tensions over city politics and community organizing. Just as the Murales Rebeldes! exhibition on view at the California Historical Society unearths complex struggles over murals in Los Angeles, this talk illuminates ways Chicana/o and Latina/o artists have strived for power and met resistance in San Francisco.