Art Gallery Opening for "P'alante: Stories Moving Somerville Forward"

Please join us for the gallery opening of "P'alante: Stories Moving Somerville Forward," a photo project by Mario Quiroz.

Photographs will be on display in the West Branch Atrium, and we will screen a short film created for this project in collaboration with the Somerville Media Center. There will be snacks and drinks, tunes from DJ Mike Fire, and a live musical performance by local drum ensemble Grooversity!

Artist's Statement: "P’alante" is a celebration of the many wonderful things that make up our immigrant communities in Somerville. Our personal, family, and collective history is based on resilience. We have always taken setbacks as a way to push us forward--because forward is the only way that we know. In the end, our spirits and endurance will always be on the right side. We believe that now, more than ever, it’s worth it to create visual records and to celebrate those who are taking steps ahead (no matter how small or big). Small entrepreneurs, new home owners, old-time renters, recent graduates, young families… these are some of the examples of going further, going P’alante.

"P’alante: Stories Moving Somerville Forward” is an art exhibition by local photographer Mario Quiroz, in collaboration with Somerville Media Center and CAAS, and with support from Somerville Department of Racial and Social Justice and Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs. Photographs will be on display from August 1st-September 30th at the East and West Branches of the library, and from August 1st to August 30th in the Central Library Auditorium.

Visit this page to learn more about the exhibition: https://tinyurl.com/SPLPallante

Questions? Please contact Jake Savage at anNhdmFnZSB8IHNvbWVydmlsbGVtYSAhIGdvdg==.

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