Northside Pride: A Drive-By Exhibit

From the Northside Arts Collective -- an exhibit that honors the artistic and cultural legacy of Denver's Northside.  Welcome to the 'hood.

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Press Release

Coatlaxopeuh by Arlette Lucero

Information: Maruca Salazar damaruca722@gmail.com or 303-477-6037

Northside Pride: A Drive-By Exhibit

A “drive-by” is usually a very negative thing. But in this case, it lets anyone driving by the corner of W 32nd Avenue and Clay Streets in North Denver see the creative Latino talent with roots in that part of the city. In fact, most people park and walk up to enjoy the details.

Featured in Northside Pride: A Drive-By Exhibit from the Northside Arts Collaborative is the work of more than 36 local artists in numerous genres – visual art, music, literature, film, poetry, storytelling, photography and theater. The exhibit also includes a short history of the Latino influence of the Holiday Theater which is next door and was once a venue for Spanish-language movies. It is now leased by the Museum of Contemporary Art for multidisciplinary presentations.

The exhibit banners hang in the windows of an empty storefront which at one time sold fabulous quinceñera dresses and most recently was a frozen yogurt shop. The building is owned by the newly formed Denver Cultural Property Trust whose goal is to provide affordable spaces for creatives while preserving important cultural icons.

The Northside Arts Collaborative is the coming together of creatives committed to preserving and strengthening the Latinx/Chicano culture, history and aesthetic of the Northside.

WHAT: Northside Pride: A Drive-By Exhibit

WHERE: SE Storefront at W 32nd Avenue & Clay Street, Denver

WHEN: April 8, 2022 – until space is no longer vacant

WHO: NORTHSIDE CREATIVES IN EXHIBIT

• Abarca Family Collection/Latino Cultural Arts Center

• Alfredo Cardenas: Artist

• Anna Orozco Flores: Novelist

• Arlette Lucero: Artist

· Bobby LeFebre: Colorado Poet Laureate

· Canción Mexicana/La Raza Rocks/KUVO: Public Radio Programs

· Carmen Deina Beall: Holiday Theater & Beall Family Historian

· Cipriano Ortega: Musical Artist

· Daniel Salazar: Artist

· Felicia Gallegos Pettis: Actor

· Flor Lovato: Poet

· Frank Zamora: Artist

· Geraldina Lawson: Storyteller

· John Flores RIP: Artist

· Juan Fuentes: Photographer

· Latinx Leadership Class of North High School: Photographers & Poets

· Leo Tanguma: Artist

· Lewis Flores: Artist

· Magdalena Gallegos RIP: Novelist/Historian

· Manuel Aragon: Photographer

· Manuel Ramos: Novelist

· Mariachi Juvenil de Bryant Webster: Musicians

· Mario Acevedo: Novelist

· Maruca Salazar: Artist

· Meggan de Anza, Artist

· R. Ch. Garcia: Novelist

· Stevon Lucero RIP: Artist

· Sylvia Montero: Artist

· Tony Ortega: Artist

Photos and Poetry by Latinx Leadership Class of North High

Later.

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Manuel Ramos writes crime fiction. His latest novel is Angels in the Wind.