SALUD: Teatro and Wellness Fair (September 18th, 2010)

Salud: Teatro and Wellness Fair. This event featured a wellness fair and community Teatro performance promoting community health and took place on Saturday, September 18th from 11:30am-2:30pm (address: 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland, 95776). SALUD featured a wellness fair with nutritional demonstrations, family activities and health screenings from 11:30am-2:30pm with a community theater performance at 1:15pmContinue reading “SALUD: Teatro and Wellness Fair (September 18th, 2010)”

TANA 2010 Spring Event: Mural Drawing Exhibit Opening & Chicana/o Studies Mural Workshop Unveiling

June 4th, 2010: TANA hosted the opening reception for the exhibition titled Mural Drawings: 35 Years of Community Muralism. This exhibition featured the final mural preparatory drawings for projects painted through the Chicano Studies Mural Workshop. These workshops were led by Professor Malaquias Montoya through courses at the California College of Arts and Crafts orContinue reading “TANA 2010 Spring Event: Mural Drawing Exhibit Opening & Chicana/o Studies Mural Workshop Unveiling”

TANA Winter 2010 Silkscreen Printing Demonstration & Workshop Session

On January 30th, 2010, TANA hosted its first Silkscreen Printing Demonstration to community residents and youth. The silkscreen printing demonstration is an introductory session where an introduction to TANA is provided along with a session teaching the process of how to create a multi-colored silkscreen print or poster. This introductory session usually takes place overContinue reading “TANA Winter 2010 Silkscreen Printing Demonstration & Workshop Session”

TANA Inaugural Exhibition: Screenprints by Malaquias Montoya & Carlos Francisco Jackson

The Inaugural Exhibition at TANA featured the artwork of TANA co-founders and directors, Malaquias Montoya and Carlos Francisco Jackson. Montoya and Jackson selected recent screenprints from their work to demonstrate various approaches to community printmaking/postermaking being employed at TANA. This exhibition was on view from December 2009-April 2010

TANA Grand Opening: December 2009

For immediate release Dec. 9, 2009 WOODLAND – University of California Davis faculty and students, local residents and government officials gathered today to celebrate the opening of a community art center dedicated to reinforcing Chicano culture through silk-screening, mural painting and other classes. The TANA center, conceived and operated by the UC Davis Department ofContinue reading “TANA Grand Opening: December 2009”