Socially engaged GCAC artist-in-residence, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz performs December 10th. Part of Mariangeles Soto-Diaz’s ongoing artist residency at Grand Central Arts Center (GCAC) in Santa Ana, CA, Gentle Prowess Deliberations is the third project in a series in which the artist incorporate judo principles and elements into art objects, installations, performances and social practice with her judo community. This project focuses on ju, or gentle, one of the core concepts of judo. The work also grapples with the ongoing reality of violence, including the violence that has led to over six million people leaving the artists native country of Venezuela in recent years. How does one practice ju in a world shaped by oppressive violence?
free
2022/12/10 - 2022/12/10
CSUF, Grand Central Art Center
125 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701