Recent Fundraising Project

¡ANGELIN@S PRESENTE! An All-Star Benefit Concert, Poetry Reading & Art Auction Honoring LA’s New Poet Laureate, Luis J. Rodriguez & Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Producer, Curator, Director
Concert: John Densmore (The Doors) and Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara in a spoken word and percussion duet, Quetzal Flores, Martha Gonzalez, Sandno Flores, (Quetzal), Nobuko Miyamoto, “Atomic” Nancy Matoba, Carla Vega, Asiyah Ayubbi, Sean Miura, George Abe (Great Leap), Maceo Hernández (East L.A. Taiko), Mellow Man Ace
Poetry Reading: Luis J. Rodriguez, traci kato-kiriyama, Peter J. Harris, Luivette Resto, Mike the Poet
Art Auction: Carlos Almaraz, Judithe Hernández, Margaret Garcia, Gilbert “Magu” Luján, John Valadez, Wayne Alaniz Healy, David Botello, Willie F. Herrón III, Ofelia Esparza, Eloy Torrez, Barbara Carrasco, José Antonio Aguirre, and Arturo Urista, among many other emerging giants including: Sonia Romero, Shizu Saldamando, Sandy Rodriguez, Jaime “Germs” Zacarias, Wenceslao Quiroz, Daniel Gonzalez, Raul Paulino Baltazar, José Lozano, Emilia García, Rick Ortega, Mario Trillo, Lilia Ramirez,
Gabriela Malinalxochitl Zapata; Urban Contemporary Graffiti Art: Chaz Bojórquez, Man One, Nuke One; Fine Art Prints: Richard Duardo/Modern Multiples, Francesco X. Siqueiros/El Nopal Press, José Alpuche/Self Help Graphics & Art; Photography: George Rodriguez, Mike Murase, Rafael Cardenas, Vicente Mercado. Auctioneer: Herbert Siguenza of Culture Clash.
Pico House, El Pueblo Historical Monument, Olvera Street / La Placita Olvera, LA, CA (06/28/2015) Pick of the Week, LA Weekly