03/02/2026
Paseo Artistico: Women are the Heart of our Culture
Acción Latina Presents
PASEO ARTÍSTICO:
WOMEN ARE THE HEART OF OUR CULTURE
Featuring women who change the cultural landscape with their creativity and passion
March 14, 2026
12PM-8PM
24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District
San Francisco, CA
All programs are free for all ages
Schedule 12PM-8PM
12PM-5PM Art Opening solo painting exhibit featuring Kassandra Pintor at Precita Eyes Muralists Gallery 2981 24th St.
12PM-5PM Groove With You featuring Dizzy Flix all women photography exhibit and DJ West Carolina at Made in the City 3119 24th St.
1PM Community Music Center Son Jarrocho and Mission District Young Musicians Program outside Temo’s Cafe 3000 24th St.
2PM-4PM Climate Conscious Pottery show featuring Gabriela Montufar, Kaory, Izzy at Artillery Ceramics 2751 Mission St
2PM Women of Hop-Hop Dance classes featuring Brandie Norris at Dance Mission 3316 Mission St.
2:30pm-6:30pm Calle 24 presents Ariana Cruz AKA Sew Frisco from 2:30pm-6:30pm at La Placita 24th & Capp St.
3PM Arlene Eisen reading from her book “In The Worldwide Family of Militant Women” in conversation with Nadya R. Tannous at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery 3036 24th St.
6PM Encuentritos Concert: Musical guests Gina Madrid and XEMARA at Accion Latina 2958 24th St.
For artist info and confirmed schedule www.paseoartistico.org
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Gina Madrid, formerly known as Raw-G, is a Mexican rapper, activist, and core member of the renowned group Audiopharmacy. Based in Oakland, she is known for her politically charged, multilingual lyrics and powerful stage presence, making her a key figure in the Bay Area music scene. Gina has shared stages with artists such as Rakim, Ghostface Killah, KRS-One, Ana Tijoux, and Natalia Lafourcade, Fantastic Negrito, and collaborated with legends like DJ Shadow, Gift of Gab, and Michael Marshall. Her performances have lit up festivals like SF Carnaval, SF Pride, Afro Latinx Festival and the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival. A passionate advocate for social justice, Gina’s activism is central to both her music and community work. She has been featured in Latina Magazine, East Bay Express, and NBC Universal, using her platform to inspire change and empowerment
XEMARA is a singer, songwriter, composer, and live sound engineer. Their works live as recorded music, performances, essays, and videos. With the support of a professional development grant from the Q***r Cultural Center, XEMARA is currently experimenting with her singing performances as both archive and invitation by developing a live performance for the 2026 National Q***r Arts Festival.
Brandi “Dizzy” Mabutas known online as dizzy flix on Instagram, is a proud Latina creative whose work is rooted deeply in family, culture, and community. Raised in the Mission District, she draws daily inspiration from the people around her and the powerful legacy of those who came before her — especially her late aunt, Sandy Cuadra. Sandy was the definition of selfless: someone who stopped at nothing to make things happen for their neighborhood and always put the community first. Her mural, painted along 24th Street where her family comes from, stands as a lasting reminder of that love and commitment, guiding Dizzy’s purpose and passion every day.
Kassandra Pintor Kassandra Pintor is a multidisciplinary Colombian-Mexican artist, from San Francisco. She started her artistic journey at Precita Eyes, when she was a teenager in 2007. She did a solo art show in 2019, which sparked the inspiration for her to transition into a full-time artist, and created a brand that focuses on San Francisco and the nostalgia of growing up in the city, before gentrification. Her themes in her artwork are moments and memories that so many people share of being a kid in San Francisco. Kassandra just returned from Tokyo, Japan before the new year where she showcased artwork in Shibuya, and wanted to put the City on the map across the world. Tokyo made her realize how much of an influence San Francisco has on their street wear and art scene. What inspires her most, is to continue to travel and showcase her artwork all around the world and show the culture of the city, and all its different neighborhoods. Kassandra looks forward to continue the journey, and create spaces of art that people can experience and relate to the same feelings and childhood experiences.
Arlene Eisen is the author of the influential study, Operation Ghetto Storm—the report that first documented and analyzed the extrajudicial killing by police of Black people in the US. Her analysis of the U.S. war on Black people documented, for the first time, that US police and their surrogates kill a Black person every 28 hours. From Chicago to Oakland, from New York to New Orleans, the hashtag fueled campaigns that challenged police power. The US Human Rights Network presented the report at the 2014 Review of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva. She also wrote, Women of Viet Nam (revised). That book so resonated with popular opinion, that even with no commercial advertising, or social media, it sold more than 50,000 copies in English and editions in Spanish, French, Danish and Farsi were published. Eisen’s Women and Revolution in Viet Nam was the first book to be published in the West about women in Viet Nam after the War. Her book, In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women, a hybrid social history/memoir was released in January 2026.
Nadya R. Tannous, is an author and longtime organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement. The Palestinian Youth Movement is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in the diaspora. PYM plays an active role in their national struggle for the liberation of their homeland and people to end the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of their homeland, and genocidal campaign to destroy all Palestinian life. Nadya also has a Master’s degree from Oxford University in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.
Brandie Norris is a dance performer, singer and songwriter as well as teaching artist. Training as a gymnast and cheerleader in her youth, she grew to be a passionate dancer and teacher who works with youth and adults at Dance Mission and TruDance, and through private lessons. She has danced in various music videos and has performed with many choreographers, including the Sarah Bush Dance Project.
Gabriela “Gabi” Montufar is a Bay Area native ceramic artist. She received her BFA with a concentration in ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her practice is rooted in a deep connection to clay, the earth, spirituality, ancestral wisdom, and her Nicaraguan heritage. Through her work, Gabi braids together cultural stories, identity, and personal narratives. Gabi’s practice works to merge clay and cooking, honoring a relationship that has existed for thousands of years. She is dedicated to sharing ancestral practices such as pit firing, terra sigillata, and natural building, while working in collaboration with and in reverence for the four elements; fire, water, earth and air.
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kaory santillán bueno is an indigenous (wixarika and na’ayari) scholar and transdisciplinary artist with an affinity for clay. she was born in tepic, nayarit, mexico and migrated to los angeles as a young child. their art is informed by their cultural background and personal experiences. her work, research, and areas of study include identity formation, media representation, and environmentalism. their art incorporates traditional techniques mixed with modern thought and applications. they are graduate of the university of california, berkeley completing a dual degree in media studies and art practice. their art has been exhibited at worth ryder art gallery (berkeley, ca), berkeley art center (berkeley, ca.), marin museum of contemporary art (novato, ca.), works/san jose (san jose, ca.), palo alto art center (palo alto, ca.) and opalka gallery (albany, ny). they were an inaugural climate art fellow for the city of san jose, california (2024), researching sustainable and circular practices in ceramics to develop and implement modified practices through alternative glazing and firing techniques.
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Isabelle (Izzy) Carranza is a Bay Area–native ceramic artist and handbuilding instructor whose work honors her community and ancestors. Through clay, she makes objects with love and intention, aiming to inspire others and show that even amidst struggle, we can flourish. Rooted in the Mission District, where her grandparents first settled after immigrating from Mexico, her practice explores memory, migration, and ritual. She is graduating Spring 2026 from San Francisco State University, studying Sociology with minors in Latina/o Studies, Studio Art, and Global Peace Studies, Social Justice, and Human Rights. In 2026, she presented her first solo exhibition, Desde Aquí Florecemos, at San Francisco State University.
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Ariana Martinez-Cruz ,aka Sew Frisco, is a fiber, textile, embroidery artist. Her textile and visual art work has been featured at Brava Theater, the Annual SF Carnaval parade,Galería de la Raza, Mission Cultural Center and the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, TX as well as many artisan markets throughout San Francisco. Sewing and creating since the age of six exploring and pursuing knowledge in all forms of fashion, design, garment construction, textile creation and embroidery art. Current creator of Sew Frisco a wearable thread art brand inspired by memories and life growing up in San Francisco through hand embroidered iron on patches and pins. She shares her love of sewing through various community workshops from hand sewing to creating costumes.
