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-Joining me now
are the co-founders

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and co-owners of the 
Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery

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Judy Avitia Gonzalez 
and Jake Prendez.

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Thanks so much for
letting us invade you today.

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Judy, tell me
about the gallery?

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-We open the doors to Nepantla
in February of 2018.

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Nepantla is an accessible

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art space
grounded in the Chicana-

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Chicano arts traditions.

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We host monthly art
exhibitions with themes

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focused on marginalized
communities,

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communities of color.

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We have a gift shop
where we're very intentional

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about uplifting Chicana-
Chicano artists, artisans,

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LGBTQIA+,

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Bipoc artists
and other small businesses.

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We also host free arts

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programing in our space,
hiring local artists,

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purchasing art supplies,
and making sure that art

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is an accessible experience
for our community.

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-So you are very intentional
about putting this gallery

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right here
in White Center. Why?

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-I always felt like there

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wasn't
a lot of spaces for us

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Chicano kids
growing up here.

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When Jake had this idea
of an art space,

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I was very intentional
in keeping it here in

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White Center.

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White Center
is often overlooked.

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And so we were intentional
in providing

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an accessible art space
here in the neighborhood.

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-So, Jake,
your current exhibit

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really is timely
because it deals

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with the ICE crackdown
in the country.

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-This exhibition
is our Chinga la Migra show,

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and this has

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been our most viral
or biggest show so far.

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This show,

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we have over 80 artists
submit over 100 art pieces

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with only room
for about 45 pieces.

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It's a

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very timely exhibition,
and I think because of that,

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the opening night, you
couldn't even move in here.

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It was completely packed.

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And it, I think it just shows
this is a major concern

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for community right now.

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We wanted to create a space
where one, artists

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get 100% of the sale --

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we don't take a gallery
cut.

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Two, by making
sure that in the gift shop

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we were really highlighting
mom and pop vendors

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and then is
with the workshop.

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We wanted to create free,
and accessible art programing,

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not just for kids,
but for the entire family.

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Like we always say,
you know,

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adults have angst too,
that we want to get through.

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We want to make sure
that everyone has access

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and we make
all our workshops

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and programing
free in the space.

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-Judy, Jake,

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thanks so much
for letting us

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come in
and seeing Nepantla.

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Great gallery.

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Hope people come
and see what you have here.

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It's great.

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