Allentown to host traveling Smithsonian exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n Allentown, PA\u2014<\/strong>This summer the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley<\/strong> will celebrate the extraordinary creativity of Latino artists by presenting Our America: <\/em><\/strong>The Latino Presence in American Art<\/em><\/strong>, a major collection of modern and contemporary Latino art on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Opening on Sunday, June 26<\/span>, and continuing through October 2<\/span>,<\/strong> the exhibition presents eighty-nine works by seventy-one artists who participated in various artistic styles and movements. Fifth Street will be closed in front of the Museum on opening day as Hector Rosado y Orquesta Hach\u00e9 performs outside while inside the Museum admission<\/strong> is free noon\u20134 p.m.<\/span>, a panel discussion with Our America<\/em> artists happens at 1 p.m.<\/span>, and free tours in both English and Spanish are led starting at 2 p.m.<\/span> (For a schedule of all programing related to the exhibition, see bottom of attached press release.) Artists featured in the exhibition\u2014which begins in Trexler Hall and continues upstairs in Scheller, Rodale, and Fowler Galleries\u2014reflect the rich diversity of Latino communities in the United States, including those of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican descent as well as other Latin American groups with deep roots here. By presenting works by artists of different generations and regions, the exhibition reveals recurring themes among Latino artists. (For complete details of the exhibition, go to <\/strong>www.AllentownArtMuseum.org<\/a> <\/strong>and click on the Our America <\/em>banner.) <\/strong> \u201cThe relationship between Latino art and the larger world of American art in the post-War period is not simple or clear cut,\u201d said E. Carmen Ramos<\/strong>, curator of the exhibition and of Latino art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who will be in Allentown to speak about Our America<\/em> on September 11<\/span>. \u201cSome artists, influenced by the activism of Latino civil rights movements, turned away from pure formalist discourse to tackle the pressing issues of the day. Others artists wholeheartedly embraced abstraction. An even larger group inhabited multiple worlds, infusing avant-garde modes with politically and culturally engaged themes.\u201d<\/p>\n Artists featured in the exhibition are AD\u00c1L, Manuel Acevedo, Elia Alba, Olga Albizu, Carlos Almaraz, Jesse Amado, Asco (Harry Gamboa Jr., Gronk, Willie Herr\u00f3n and Patssi Valdez), Luis Cruz Azaceta, Myrna B\u00e1ez, Guillermo Bejarano, Charles \u201cChaz\u201d Boj\u00f3rquez, Mar\u00eda Brito, Margarita Cabrera, Mar\u00eda Magdalena Campos-Pons, Melesio \u201cMel\u201d Casas, Leonard Castellanos, Oscar R. Castillo, Jos\u00e9 Cervantes, Enrique Chagoya, Roberto Chavez, Carlos A. Cort\u00e9z, Marcos Dimas, Ricardo Favela, Christina Fernandez, Teresita Fern\u00e1ndez, iliana emilia garc\u00eda, Rupert Garc\u00eda, Scherezade Garc\u00eda, Carmen Lomas Garza, Ignacio Gomez, Ken Gonzales-Day, Hector Gonz\u00e1lez, Luis C. \u201cLouie the Foot\u201d Gonz\u00e1lez, Muriel Hasbun, Ester Hernandez, Judithe Hern\u00e1ndez, Carmen Herrera, Carlos Irizarry, Luis Jim\u00e9nez, Miguel Luciano, Emanuel Martinez, Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez-Ca\u00f1as, Antonio Martorell, Ana Mendieta, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Delilah Montoya, Malaquias Montoya, Abelardo Morell, Jes\u00fas Moroles, Raphael Monta\u00f1ez Ortiz, Pep\u00f3n Osorio, Amado M. Pe\u00f1a Jr., Chuck Ramirez, Paul Henry Ramirez, Sophie Rivera, Arturo Rodr\u00edguez, Freddy Rodr\u00edguez, Joseph Rodr\u00edguez, Frank Romero, Emilio S\u00e1nchez, Juan S\u00e1nchez, Jorge Soto S\u00e1nchez, Rafael Soriano, Ruben Trejo, Jesse Trevi\u00f1o, John M. Valadez, Alberto Vald\u00e9s and Xavier Viramontes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n CREDITS<\/strong><\/p>\n Our America<\/em> is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Altria Group, the Honorable Aida M. Alvarez, Judah Best, The James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Tania and Tom Evans, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, The Michael A. and the Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, Henry R. Mu\u00f1oz III, Wells Fargo and Zions Bank. Additional significant support was provided by The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Support for \u201cTreasures to Go,\u201d the museum\u2019s traveling exhibition program, comes from The C. F. Foundation, Atlanta. Our America<\/em> has been supported at the Allentown Art Museum through the generosity of the Air Products Foundation, the Amaranth Foundation, the Bernard and Audrey Berman Foundation, the Century Fund, the County of Lehigh, the Estelle Browne-Pallrand Charitable Trust, the Harry C. Trexler Trust, the Julius and Katheryn Hommer Foundation, the Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation, the Rider-Pool Foundation, Rodale, Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and our Museum Friends.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n About the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n The Allentown Art Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that participates in the cultural, educational, and economic life of the Lehigh Valley. Defined by a unique combination of tradition and innovation, our collections, educational partnerships, collaborative and community based programs, and exhibitions are dedicated to inspiring the broadest possible public engagement, access, and service.\u00a0For more information please visit AllentownArtMuseum.org<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n About the Smithsonian American Art Museum <\/strong><\/p>\n The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the vision and creativity of Americans with artworks in all media spanning more than three centuries. Its National Historic Landmark building is located at Eighth and F streets N.W. in Washington, D.C, above the Gallery Place\/Chinatown Metrorail station. Museum hours are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/span> daily (closed December 25<\/span>). Admission is free. Museum information (recorded): (202) 633-7970<\/a>. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000<\/a>. 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