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Hablamos Juntos Creating​ ​Bridges: ​ ​Personal​ ​Journeys into​ ​Art​ ​and​ ​Writing

An 8-10 week unit curriculum using contemporary Latinx art to inform Personal Narratives for middle and high school students.
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Books

HABLAMOS JUNTOS: Together We Speak Book

hablamos_coverThe Hablamos Juntos project is a unique opportunity to bring contemporary Latino art to young people who may know little about it. Engaging youth, particularly Latino and immigrant youth, in looking at and interpreting this art gives insight into cultural material that is in some way familiar to them.
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The Art of Who I Am

Museo Eduardo Carrillo long admired the work of the Young Writers Program. We thought that creating a partnership with them would enhance our mutual objectives to bring Latino art to students and stimulate the teen’s connection to the art…
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The Story in the Art/ La historia en el arte

Museo Eduardo Carrillo long admired the work of the Young Writers Program. We thought that creating a partnership with them would enhance our mutual objectives to bring Latino art to students and stimulate the teen’s connection to the art…
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Pictures and Words

With the help of six Writing Project Assistants, students were guided to find their story andvoice. The results reflect the unique perspective of a group of young people who have often been marginalized and not heard. Like the Latinx artists, these students write about potent subject matter with a raw and honest outlook. Most of these stories are autobiographical and some could be calledautobiographical fiction, but all are drawnfrom contemporary cultural experiences and observations.

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Art/Work

Art/Work, the fifth book in the Hablamos Juntos Series, is a youth-to-youth effort: local middle school students, inspired by the artwork of youth participating in the S.O.Y. Artista program at Self Help Graphics in East L.A., tap into their own experiences and express their creativity through personal narratives.

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Printable Posters & Banners

Hablamos Juntos: A New Chapter

Featuring art by recent university and college graduates.
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The Story in the Art: La Historia en el Arte Posters

Featuring art by Patssi Valdez, Lupe Santos, Dionicio Mendoza, Judithe Hernandez, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood and Eduardo Carrillo.
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Hablamos Juntos Posters 2016

carlos-jackson-1-copyExpanding the HJ series in 2016 was based on a new book project with the Young Writers Program.
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Hablamos Juntos Posters 2015

AmaliaMesaBainsThe posters focus attention on the artwork (front) and introduce the artists through interviews on the back.
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Hablamos Juntos Banners

La Cultura CuraFunded by the prestigious Rydell Grant (Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County) Museo designed and printed a series of 2’x3’ banners for display in windows throughout the Watsonville downtown corridor.
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Video & Film

“Eduardo Carrillo: A Life of Engagement” – 32 minute documentary film by Pedro Pablo Celedón and Barefoot Productions
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Online Exhibits

 Viewers can search Museo’s collection at GCI and view the following interactive exhibits:

El Grito: The Cry for Freedom

Attractive Nuisance

DOC/UNDOC

Hablamos Juntos

La historia en el arte