Arts & Cultura: Unity, Literacy & Lowriding

Program Type:

Featured, Art, Author Talk, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation

Age Group:

Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Event Details

Walk-ins are welcome! Meet Mr. Lowrider Fever, dance to music from our DJ, check out a fleet of lowriders and view the photography of artist Checka.

We welcome youth, families, and the community to learn about the Chicano tradition of lowriding with Mr. Lowrider Fever, Ricardo Cortez, author of The ABCs of Lowriding. Ricardo will share the inspiration for his art and his book and will explore lowriding culture from the 1940s until today.

Everyone is invited to appreciate the local community’s lowrider cars and bicycles in the library parking lot. Experience their incredible hydraulics, sound systems and custom paint jobs up close! 

Special guests from the local art and lowriding community will also take part in the workshop as facilitators. This event is proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Skyline Hills Library and Library Foundation SD.

 

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Lowrider Fever Workshop | Registration Required

Led by Ricardo, this workshop is a hands-on experience filled with the history of lowriding culture and the artist's own experiences and inspiration. Participants will create collages and take home their own framed work of art. Registration is required only for those who would like to participate in the art workshop. The first 70 registered individuals (one per family) will receive one book. Please register each participating person separately.

 



 

Accessibility

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