Pansa del Publico – Public Programming with Oxy Arts

1245 North Spring Street,Los Angeles CA 90012

19 June, 2021

Description

Join us this June and July for a series of public programs activating artist Eddie Aparicio’s Pansa del Publico sculpture. Clockshop and Oxy Arts present a series of public events at the LA State Historic Park to activate Pansa del Publico—a sculptural object and functional beehive oven by artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio inspired by his Salvadoran roots, the Zanja Madre, and the Ceiba tree. During three Saturday sessions, Aparicio will build a wood fire in his sculptural beehive oven and local chefs, artists, activists, and writers will bring the sculpture to life with cooking demonstrations, readings, workshops and more. You are invited to join us at the park with blankets, chairs, or whatever you need to feel comfortable. Food cooked in the beehive oven will be available as a grab-and-go snack. Each event will have limited capacity and will require a registration on Eventbrite to confirm participation. Beehive ovens are one of the oldest traditions in Central America and often serve as the main cooking source and hub for community connections in rural areas of El Salvador. The sculpture will serve as a gathering hub in the park—an invitation to share stories, listen and eat together at a time when we all deeply need connection and togetherness. Pansa del Publico is on view now at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Stop by to see the sculpture any time during open park hours, from 8am - 6pm daily. Saturday, June 19, 2021, 11 am - 1 pm Leyna Lightman, Michelle Lainez and Tezozomoc: Maize Cooking Demonstration Leyna Lightman, Michelle Lainez and Tezozomoc lead a demonstration centered on maize and its role as a staple food source in Central America. Learn about different types of maize and how to process it from kernel to masa, and sample different corn treats cooked in the wood fired beehive oven. Chef Lainez will be making Salvadoran quesadillas and corn riguas. Tezozomoc will share examples of different types of maize and read poetry inspired by this powerful plant. Registration is required - sign up here. Saturday, June 26, 2021, 11 am - 1 pm Karla Vasquez: SalviSoul Writing Workshop Join us for a creative writing workshop focused on food memories led by Karla Vasquez. Karla is an author and founder of SalviSoul—a project that documents the foodways of Salvadoran cuisine and the stories of women who migrated from El Salvador to the United States. This workshop is bilingual English/Spanish, all ages and skill levels are welcome to join. About the Artists Eddie Aparicio was born in Los Angeles. He received an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University, a BA from Bard College and also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Southern California Institute of Architecture. His recent works address the intersection of social and environmental justice through specific use of material, sound, and multiplicity of site. He uses materials such as rubber and amber that have a strong tie to pre-hispanic cultures in Central America to document Central American communities in Los Angeles. He has recently exhibited at El Museo, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Commonwealth and Council, The Mistake Room, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions among others. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Community Foundation, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Tezozomoc came to the US with his parents during the “Green Revolution” of the seventies. He was raised in South Central and East Los Angeles. From 1998 to 2006 he tended a plot of land on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles. In 2013, Tezozomoc received the Green Growing Award from Natural Resources Defense Council for his work on food justice and sovereignty issues. He works with more than ten LA-area organizations as well as with numerous organizations of indigenous peoples through the American Continent. Tezozomoc is a frequent speaker at farming and social justice conferences. He is a member of the board of Acequia Institute, a social justice organization for indigenous peoples. Tezozomoc is president of South Central Farmers Health and Education Fund (SCFHEF), a non-profit 501c3 with the mission of assisting farmer cooperatives with education and services. Leyna Lightman is a curator and activist living and working in Los Angeles. Her projects frequently address social, racial, gender and environmental justice, transit issues, food, agronomy, and the natural world. Recent collaborators include the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; Palm Springs Art Museum; Otis School of Art and Design; Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development; Craft Contemporary; bakers, chefs, and farmers across the state of California; numerous artists; and civic entities. Lightman is embedded in the California small-scale grain movement and spent nearly a decade designing curriculum and programs for museum education departments before pursuing an independent practice. Chef Michelle Lainez is a caterer who advocates zero waste and conscious eating (eating local and farming sustainably) while creating magical, one-of-a-kind events. Through her company, she also teaches these practices in home educational cooking classes. She is an active member of her community. She sits on the board of Hope Street Family Center where she has launched a cooking class series for low-income families. She's been a long-standing member and contributor for chefs collaborative and Women's Chefs and Restaurateurs. Karla T. Vasquez is the creator of SalviSoul, a food justice advocate, a food historian and a proponent for healthy food accessibility in low-income communities. Karla holds a degree in Journalism and completed her culinary training at The New School of Cooking. She specializes in community building, nutrition education, and food history. Karla has worked with Hunger Action Los Angeles, Los Angeles Food Policy Council, VELA, The Edible Apartment, Champions for Change, With Love Market and Cafe and other social justice organizations where she has used her skills to organize outreach efforts, manage projects and lead community health initiatives. Her initial inspiration for SalviSoul was to honor the lives of the women in her family.