Layer Cake: Tales from a Quinceañera
"Quinceñera con Chambelanes". Javier Ramirez Limon
Event Type:
ExhibitTuesday, September 8, 2009 9:00am - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00pm
“Layer Cake:Tales from a Quinceañera”
If asked what Quinceañera means, a celebrantwill likely answer: “I’m going from being a girl to being a woman,” but intoday’s America of mixed moral, spiritual and cultural messages, coming-of-ageis increasingly complicated. Layer Cake, a multimedia exhibition,features a tight assemblage of artists who capture the fantastic confusion ofthis fifteenth birthday ritual through personal stories – real or imagined –that speak to the tradition’s greater narrative. Explore the tension, delight,embarrassment, desire, joy, pride, confusion and beauty inherent in thecelebration during National Latino Heritage month.
Curated by Camille Morgan
September 8 – October 28, 2009
Opening reception September 15, 4 to 8pm
C33 Gallery
33E. Congress
Columbia College Chicago
Quinceañera: Spiritual Rite of Passage or ‘My Super SweetFifteen’ Blowout Bash…or Both?”
Thursday, October 22, 3:00pm Hokin Annex, 1st Floor,623 S. Wabash Ave. Check website for details
Inspired by the exhibit, panelists will engage in an in-depthconversation about culture, gender, tradition and religion. Featured speakersinclude Steve Caballero (Community Christian Church - Pilsen), PriscillaMills (Author) and Yolanda Nieves (Artistic Director/ Playwright).
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CONTACT INFORMATION: Camille Morgan, 312 369 7663 /cmorgan@colum.edu Monica Herrera, 312 369 6856 /mherrera@colum.edu
Contact Email:
mherrera@colum.edu