https://www.saraaguilar.com/echo-parenting-education-video-blog daily 0.75 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1453236440262-Q8V9RX1A0YQ9WYRSHA3L/image-asset.png Reel - Poema: Vestida de Novia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1453236440262-Q8V9RX1A0YQ9WYRSHA3L/image-asset.png Reel - Poema: Vestida de Novia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1519761598398-GK0HEG8NLKCBW5143O3Q/Tehachapi-SS.png Reel - Arts in Corrections: CCI Tehachapi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1555608056980-BU6V3MYMI1KMV8W2SEKQ/Screen+Shot+2019-04-17+at+9.00.01+AM.png Reel - Quilting a History with Marion Coleman https://www.saraaguilar.com/new-gallery-36 daily 0.75 2019-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1538680330759-ENZZFKI2JWI4GV1QRVFD/image-asset.jpeg Promo Videos - QUETZAL — "Vendedores" Grammy-award winning band Quetzal performs a new song off of their forthcoming album Puentes Sonoros. Take a look behind the scenes of their in-studio recording and summer performance at the Levitt Pavillion, MacArthur Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1538680330759-ENZZFKI2JWI4GV1QRVFD/image-asset.jpeg Promo Videos - QUETZAL — "Vendedores" Grammy-award winning band Quetzal performs a new song off of their forthcoming album Puentes Sonoros. Take a look behind the scenes of their in-studio recording and summer performance at the Levitt Pavillion, MacArthur Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1538184343236-VZUBVEUHO5F3SFSOC194/TOBH-SS.png Promo Videos - Taste of Boyle Heights East LA Community Corporation's annual fundraiser Taste of Boyle Heights brings together good food and good people in support of affordable housing, home ownership, and financial education for low-income families on the Eastside. elacc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1495037759252-BU0AVVLO5V3NCEYVGMJP/Screen+Shot+2017-04-30+at+3.14.36+PM.png Promo Videos - Beats By Girlz Beats by Girlz empowers girls by making music through non-traditional, creative and educational music technology curriculum, collective and community template www.beatsbygirlz.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1519760406224-TGNBGGNXR15JH4GPKK0O/TOBH-SS.png Promo Videos - Taste of Boyle Heights East LA Community Corporation's annual fundraiser Taste of Boyle Heights brings together good food and good people in support of affordable housing, home ownership, and financial education for low-income families on the Eastside. elacc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1453235085600-OY2BG51YXHA3H0W9FWY7/image-asset.png Promo Videos - #Joymaker2015 Video In December the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory hosted over 350 families for their joymaker event in partnership with GenerationOn. Hosted by Cece la Mamacita of 93.5 KDAY & Xolo Maridueña of Parenthood and Rush Hour. The joy was contagious! www.bharts.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1509998965777-NSCTA4036WSRRQ86WMYQ/Forr%C3%B3inLA.png Promo Videos - Forró in LA Promo Forró is a fun Brazilian social dance based on connection. Join Fabio and Andrea every Tuesday night for dance classes and monthly parties. forroinla.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1509998493004-2LL6WA5JR7Q1ADJH5T6B/image-asset.jpeg Promo Videos - CARACOL MARKETPLACE 2015 I've been a long-time supporter of this D.I.Y. collective of LA artists & artisans. Catch them when you can! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1481782486300-VJVUCQQ5TRVLAH738R02/NopalSaladSS.png Promo Videos - Nopal Salad A fun collaboration with Jose Ramirez turns into a delicious dish straight from the garden. Recipe from his mom & Decolonize Your Diet book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1510001871619-DT36DGVALFQDZCHBY8XD/AnatijouxSS.jpg Promo Videos - Ana Tijoux at Chant Down the Walls The first in a series of music protests outside of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center launched by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1481782743679-VZLLJY2JXKJ35M1L21NB/image-asset.jpeg Promo Videos - Selena "Como La Flor" [Acoustic Cover] Tonantzin Flores-Ramirez covers an all-time favorite Selena song "Como La Flor" accompanied by Victor Alvarez Carracedo & Chuy Sandoval. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1453236615591-Y8DBMMC5LSSUOHW7JEJG/image-asset.png Promo Videos - Poema: Vestida de Novia Rossana Perez reads her poem, "Vestida de Novia" at CARECEN-LA to welcome the National Endowment for the Arts to the Pico-Union/Westlake neighborhood. www.actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1481781569676-SZPE011J1204BSOCM3ZZ/Forr%C3%B3SS.png Promo Videos - Forró in LA @the Ford Theatre Ford Theatre Jam Sessions presents a fun-filled night under the stars with Forró music and dance led by Andrea Lopasso and Fabio Santana De Souza. www.forroinla.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426868120930-DKIN5KELDM6KLTU2CLJA/image-asset.jpeg Promo Videos - Ana Tijoux at Chant Down the Walls The first in a series of music protests outside of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center launched by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. www.ndlon.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1510001941460-1I0KPCR5CNDOFRL20USK/AntiMallSS.png Promo Videos - Anti-Mall 2013: People Before Profit The Anti-Mall provides a space for Community Members, Performers, and Conscious Consumers to come together and invest their time, money, and energy into putting People b4 Profit. www.theAntiMall.weebly.com www.facebook.com/AntiMall1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426177335519-WXLZLUII59CLPQZHNAPO/image-asset.png Promo Videos - West African Orisa Dance & Workout Traditional Spiritual Dances and Drumming from the Yoruba People of Nigeria. Dance classes formerly taught by Tanya Melendez (Nena Soulfly) at Ijo Ija Academy of Martial Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426179489243-NDJYUDRT9QLDUK227Y8N/image-asset.png Promo Videos - Rasgueo Atravesado Tutorial Alfredo "El Godo" Herrera explains the rasgueo atravesado in Son Jarocho. Includes an introduction and two sones: El Carpintero and El Cascabel. For more information about classes, performances, or instrument making: Alfredo Herrera godoson@hotmail.com alfredoherrera.gonzalez@gmail.com 52-686-5662413 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426101732673-ND53OSLHYUP4WG7DWJ34/image-asset.png Promo Videos - Fruta y Flor: Pushing the Limits of Urban Gardening Chicano artist & educator, Jose Ramirez, introduces us to his high density fruit and vegetable garden in East Los Angeles. Taking a creative approach, he fuses gardening knowledge he learned from his family with contemporary ideas about high density urban backyard orchards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426868401150-PKPG27YQCMG84X96GBQY/image-asset.png Promo Videos - Caracol Marketplace The Caracol Marketplace is produced by a D.I.Y. collective of Los Angeles artisans and takes place on the 1st Sunday of the spring & summer months at Tropico de Nopal Gallery Art Space. It is one of my favorite places to buy directly from the artists and vendors that make their own products. Always original, always handmade, always LA!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426184806544-WJJZSWA6NSDKQCDZT2YQ/image-asset.png Promo Videos - LOVEMusiic Grows Creative Seeds Class Love Musiic Grows Creative Seeds are private, in-home classes for the soul. 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In this video tribute, Ofelia shares the history and practice of altar-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1555606077499-AGPYMB0EN7UWT9Q2JBJI/Screen+Shot+2019-04-17+at+9.00.01+AM.png Mini-Docs - Quilting a History with Marion Coleman In 2018, Bay Area master artist Marion Coleman was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation's highest honor for folk and traditional arts. In this video tribute, Marion shares the history and practice of African-American quilting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1538183924725-8NZ94CT5UV5UU8P5LWRY/AIC-LuisSS.png Mini-Docs - Opening Doors to Language, Heritage, and Expression Arts-In-Corrections teaching artist & Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez leads his students from trauma to transformation through the art of writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1519761598398-GK0HEG8NLKCBW5143O3Q/Tehachapi-SS.png Mini-Docs - Arts in Corrections: CCI Tehachapi ACTA developed this rehabilitative arts program at CCI to support inmates transitioning out of long-term solitary confinement to general population housing. Art and music provide a pathway towards positive transformation and mental health in the lives of participants. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1509999680792-AS18899FUZKTE1O1CJPX/Colas+Medical.png Mini-Docs - "El Colas Medical" Reimagining the traditional son 'El Colas,' participants composed new versos reflecting the need for universal access to health care and the importance of balancing this with the riches of traditional remedies practiced in Boyle Heights. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1510000428665-4S8URUKM8IOHPRNM6N56/ACTA+BHC16.png Mini-Docs - Traditional Arts & Systems Change The Alliance for California Traditional Arts has served as a key protagonist in lifting up traditional artists and their cultural convening methods as important vehicles for exercising and sustaining opposition to injustice and proposition for a collective future. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1510000681728-EWN13UGL966D03BINYH0/CLP.png Mini-Docs - Community Leadership Project The Community Leadership Project in collaboration with ACTA worked to provide grants and capacity development to seven organizations in the San Joaquin Valley over the course of 7 years. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1489468173260-D70BYXN0WPBUK0DSOM7H/SoCCA+SS.png Mini-Docs - Sounds of César Chávez Avenue Video teaser of the SoCCA (Sounds of César Chávez Avenue) - Mobile Recording Studio project. SoCCA documents the Past, Present and Future of the Great Street of E. César Chávez Avenue in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1484283309462-MQ1K8FUJJ4VN3XIGX2TG/WetlandsSS.jpg Mini-Docs - South LA Wetlands Park Stories Current: LA & Community Services Unlimited teamed up for the first ever public art bi-ennial focused on the theme of water. csuinc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1462379611341-DH69Q2ZCO4PMMO91V2JS/Screen+Shot+2016-05-02+at+11.48.49+AM.png Mini-Docs - Come Together The Come Together is a non-profit organization based in East LA whose main focus is to work with youth in high risk situations through educational seminars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1489467435280-0MKBL8OF407I5VC1911A/cuicani.png Mini-Docs - Collective Songwriting in Boyle Heights Collective Songwriting has its roots in the Zapatista movement and is currently being used as a tool to create collective consciousness in the Boyle Heights community. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1453235735688-SKRKIFNXILH4M92GJ3NO/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Arts-in-Corrections: Valley State Prison Arts in Corrections participants bloom where they are planted through arts programming that includes storytelling, music, gospel choir, and acting. These men demonstrate moving stories of resilience and humanity. williamjamesassociation.org/art-strong/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1447438066389-0H3F0CT8UWWU52PRYUUH/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Mujeres Tejedoras de Sueños ACTA held a 14-week series of workshops in the Eastern Coachella Valley in which participants engaged in community dialogue while learning traditional Purépecha embroidery from the town of Ocumichu, Michoacan. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1428339187490-GA3IBLO0VMTHAJALZVCS/image-asset.jpeg Mini-Docs - ACTA's Arts-In-Corrections Program In December, fellow filmmaker Eric Coleman and I had the opportunity to film the first round of intensive art workshops at Corcoran State Prison. This video offers a peek into the intentional process of building trust and a collective, supportive environment that inspires creativity & confidence. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426869367415-WT2JX9FCVHYJ4OR1XQ73/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - ActivArte: Detouring Displacement The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) held a series of events that culminated with an afternoon of participatory arts engagement focused on the pressing issues of gentrification in Boyle Heights. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426896262120-ATU1FPEPN3AOING3IMF3/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Activating Cultural Assets: Boyle Heights It was an honor to document the ways in which the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) and the California Endowment worked with several community organizations and artists in Boyle Heights over a two-year period to infuse their existing campaigns with traditional arts practices. actaonline.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1462378852704-4XGL1COE8UQBHIEUD7Z4/ExhibitionSS.png Mini-Docs - The IB Exhibition Project An in-depth look at what the International Baccalaureate Exhibition Project is comprised of as told through Farmdale Elementary teachers, mentors, and students. farmdalehawks.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1443581537384-X9CV997IP0SBG247E33L/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - CSU Epic Pre-Launch at the Paul Robeson Center Community Services Unlimited is getting ready to open South LA's First Beyond Organic Produce and Grocery Market. They have several ways for you to get involved in the healthy food justice movement. csuinc.org   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426883703925-8DIUUQFFODP89HU3C9U1/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Justice for Angie Fellow filmmaker Kimberly Bautista invited me to work on this piece as part of a 16 Day Campaign of Activism to end gender-based violence. To learn more about how to get involved visit: www.justiceformysister.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426195150709-1BLIFPWMQU6X9092V9Q7/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Echo Parenting & Education Video Blog: Spanking After participating in Echo Parenting & Education parenting classes and Parent Educator Certification Program, I was eager to share this knowledge with everyone. Former Director of Programming, Brian Joseph, and I developed a series of Video Blogs to encourage and support parents in our attempt to increase peaceful parenting. www.echotraining.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1426874353487-MN3S1988WSIMUCLSM65H/image-asset.png Mini-Docs - Anti-Mall: People b4 Profit Mini-Doc The Anti-Mall is another one of my favorite alternative marketplaces. Their mission is to provide a space where ARTivists, Cooperatives, and Entrepreneurs that are actively involved in the betterment of their communities can sell their goods and services directly to the consumer. www.theAntiMall.weebly.com www.facebook.com/AntiMall1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1462379002177-OFLMAS585XL3TE5U0975/Screen+Shot+2016-05-02+at+11.48.49+AM.png Mini-Docs - Come Together The Come Together is a non-profit organization based in East LA whose main focus is to work with youth in high risk situations through educational seminars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1481779563677-BTF3QG941NK9AVROKPX3/WetlandsSS.jpg Mini-Docs - South LA Wetlands Park Stories Current: LA & Community Services Unlimited teamed up for the first ever public art bi-ennial focused on the theme of water. www.csuinc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1484283248802-AI7TSZGRVS657X3GEJM9/WetlandsSS.jpg Mini-Docs - South LA Wetlands Park Stories Current: LA & Community Services Unlimited teamed up for the first ever public art bi-ennial focused on the theme of water. www.csuinc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1481780757751-7F5WKHPYN3E0UO7VA96S/WetlandsSS.jpg Mini-Docs - South LA Wetlands Park Stories Current: LA & Community Services Unlimited teamed up for the first ever public art bi-ennial focused on the theme of water. www.csuinc.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54cf30a7e4b08a9c05c57f2a/1489468083128-GQR24BEKJ6CSM2E3SB4W/SoCCA+SS.png Mini-Docs - Sounds of César Chávez Avenue Video teaser of the SoCCA (Sounds of César Chávez Avenue) - Mobile Recording Studio project. 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