Ahora en la Misión: Back to the Picture Celebrates 25 Years of Art
Back to the Picture Latin American Gallery
934 Valencia St. @ 20th St., San Francsisco CA 94110
(415) 826-2321
June 19 through July 17, 2010
Artists’ Talk: Friday, July 9, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Topic: The Mission: An Art Scene in Transition. Where were we? Where are we now?
We thank participating artists Juan R. Fuentes, Patricia Rodriguez, and Sevilla Granger for lending their insight and sharing with us their experiences during our panel discussion. Each artist who sat on our panel continues to affect the arts movement here in the Mission and beyond. Learn about Juan R. Fuentes, Patricia Rodriguez, and Sevilla Granger by visiting their websites, and see their works on exhibit in Ahora en la Misión.
In 1985, a young entrepreneur, Servio Gomez, opened the doors to Back to the Picture, a custom framing business in the Mission District of San Francisco. Servio’s love of art and people led to the business’s expansion to include gallery space offering valuable exhibition opportunities to Latin American and local artists.
From its inception, Back to the Picture staff has been a constant resource in the Mission arts community by providing advice and assistance to artists and collectors with each piece of custom framing. Over these many years, Back to the Picture has handled hundreds of thousands of pieces of artwork, always with creative and practiced results.
Ahora en la Misión: Back to the Picture Celebrates 25 Years of Art
Please join the staff of Back to the Picture and the participating artists of Ahora en la Misión as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary in service to the Mission community with this exhibition. Ahora en la Misión showcases the diversity of artists that form the “Mission School of Art” so unique the world over. Works from well-established Mission artists hang side-by-side with emerging and mid-career artists who have recently made the Mission their home.
We dedicate this exhibition to our friend and mentor, José Ramón Lerma. Por todo que haz hecho para la comunidad de artistas de la Misión: ¡Gracias José Ramón!
Participating Artists:
Otto Aguilar
Ellen Bergeron
Ali Blum
Christine Cariati
Carlos Cartagena
Nancy Cato
Sylvia Chaidez
Jennie Allida Dickenson
Daisy Eneix
James Elder
Juan R. Fuentes
Mariana Garibay
Carmen Lomas Garza
Sevilla Granger
Liz Hager
Ester Hernandez
Anubhav Jain
José Ramón Lerma
Paul Madonna
Andrew McPherson
Emmanuel Montoya
Sirron Norris
Romeo Gilberto Osorio
Russell Pachman
Michael Rios
Calixto Robles
Patricia Rodriguez
Larry Spenler
Brian Stannard
Hilary Williams
Rene Yañez
Rio Yañez
Ahora en la Misión is curated by Servio Gómez, Juan R. Fuentes, Maria V. Pinedo, and Randy Figures.
