All Events
Cup of Culture - Meet the Filmmaker
Visions of Aztlán
MCC Theater
Veteran Chicano filmmaker Jesús Salvador Treviño documents the significance of the Chicano Art movement in America and unveils a movement brought upon by the rich culture of a people who were otherwise invisible in popular culture. Discussion with the director following the screening.
Jesús Salvador Treviño, 60 min., English, 2010, USA. Co-sponsored by the, Art Design, & Architecture Museum UC Santa Barbara.
Cup of Culture
Ajami
MCC Theater
This film follows five stories about everyday life in Ajami, a religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv, where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews, and Christians try to live together in an atmosphere that is -to say the least - electric. Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, 124 min., Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, 2009, Germany and Israel. Co-sponsored by Santa Barbara Hillel.
Pochos and Pixels: The Art of Rio Yañez
MCC Lounge
Rio Yañez is a curator, photographer, and graphic artist that has exhibited from Tokyo to his hometown of San Francisco. His work takes Chicano politics and visual iconography and challenges them with a style informed by comic books, pro-wrestling, hip-hop, and Godzilla movies. He will be exhibiting artwork in a variety of mediums including graphic art portraits, Japanese purikura photobooth prints, and 3D anaglyph prints.
Discovery Days
MCC Annual Kickoff!
MCC Courtyard
The MultiCultural Center will kick off the year with our 1st MCC Annual Kickoff! Versa-Style, a hip hop dance ensemble of young, committed, and conscientious artists from L.A., will amaze you with their highly energetic moves and even teach you some. Versa-Style aims to instill the roots, history, and social and political issues surrounding the art of our generation. Arrive early and get a free MCC T-shirt!
