{"id":1054,"date":"2025-06-13T20:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2025-06-13T20:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:55:28","slug":"for-immediate-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Opening Celebration | XICANA! San Diego<\/strong><br><strong>Friday, June 20, 2025<\/strong><br><strong>California Center for the Arts, Escondido<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for an unforgettable evening of powerful art, vibrant storytelling, and community reflection as we celebrate the opening of&nbsp;<em>XICANA! San Diego<\/em>\u2014a groundbreaking exhibition honoring generations of Chicana artists whose work has shaped culture and consciousness from Los Angeles to San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This landmark exhibition shines a long-overdue spotlight on the dynamic creativity, resilience, and political voice of Chicana\/x women artists. Featuring paintings, photography, textiles, installations, and performance, these works reclaim space, affirm identity, and speak truth through bold, transformative art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also featured is&nbsp;<em>TON\u00c1NTZIN<\/em>, a multimedia installation by renowned designer Louis Verdad, paying tribute to the enduring spirit of the divine feminine through image, ritual, and sacred memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curated by Dulce Stein and presented by ESMoA in collaboration with the California Center for the Arts, Escondido,&nbsp;<em>XICANA! San Diego<\/em>&nbsp;brings together intergenerational voices and community legacies in one powerful cultural moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening Night Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Artist and curator talks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live music and poetry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opening reception with food and drinks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special tribute to the Chicana movement and its ongoing impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is more than an exhibition\u2014it is a celebration of resistance, beauty, and ancestral power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br>California Center for the Arts, Escondido<br>340 N. Escondido Blvd<br>Escondido, CA 92025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong><br>Friday, June 20, 2025<br>6:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. All generations and communities are welcome. Join us as we honor the past, uplift the present, and envision the future\u2014together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opening Celebration | XICANA! San DiegoFriday, June 20, 2025California Center for the Arts, Escondido Join us for an unforgettable evening of powerful art, \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/?p=1054\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-httpsyoutu-bea9odqxifd98"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siqueirosfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}