“Tengo Mas de 500 Años” an exhibit of Africa’s Legacy in Mexico,
March 28 to May 31, 2008

Featuring African American Photographer Tony Gleaton and his photographic
works that are a pictorial documentation of African lineage in Mexico and
Latin America. “Most Latinos in Los Angeles don’t consider Black Mexico
or Latin America, yet there are many, many people throughout the Americas
who have an African strain in their heritage. There has been an African presence
in Latin America since Medieval times, it’s just not talked about much,”
comments Gleaton.

Margaret Garcia presents “Un Nuevo Mestisaje”, an exhibit of art works that
reflect her Mexican-Chicano-African life experiences and contradicts stereotypes
she often finds in the media. From Margaret Garcia, “Los Angeles was founded
by 44 Mexican families, which had migrated from Villa Sinaloa and other parts
of northwest Mexico. Most were mixed and more than half of African descent.
People often say they are colorblind when it comes to issues of race, because
that seems to be the only way they can confirm that they do not discriminate”.

This Exhibition portrays the diversity of the Latino Community and with today’s
issues of ethnic xenophobia is a timely sharing for discussion and moving
towards an improved awareness of diversity as a positive unifying force in society.

Opening Reception, Friday, March 28, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

On Saturday. March 29, 2:00 pm, a conversation with Tony Gleaton on Blacks
in northern New Spain from 1528 to 1845. He will talk about his new project.

Lower Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm