Acción Latina Presents:

PASEO ARTÍSTICO: “History Matters in the Mission”

Saturday October 11, 2025

12:00pm-8:00pm*

Various venues on 24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, San Francisco 

Join Acción Latina at Paseo Artístico, the Mission District’s only regular Free Bilingual Artwalk for the entire family.

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San Francisco, CA - Paseo Artístico, the Mission District’s signature free, bilingual art walk, returns on Saturday, October 11, 2025, with a powerful theme: “History Matters in the Mission 2010 - 2020.” Paseo Artístico brings back the stories of the last decade and invites artists to pay tribute to cultural moments, social movements, and artistic voices. 

The event will span multiple venues across the Mission, with a curated schedule of visual art, live music, poetry, dance, and film. Each piece illuminates the local history and collective memory of the 2010s. 

Highlights include: 

1PM-4PM “The Mission Is Not Dead” by Alejandra Rubio with DJ ALICIA, a multimedia installation that explores the history and advocacy of the Mission Market that once lived on 22nd and Mission through memories, dreams, and play! @Artillery Ceramics and Studio

1PM-2PM MUSIC with Mission District Young Musicians Program co-presented by Community Music Center @ Temos Cafe

2PM-3PM  POETRY Featuring Antioch Poet Laureate Jose Cordon**, Freddy Gutierrez** & Youth Poets (**Line Up TBA) 

3PM-4PM  “Mission Make Over” mural presentation and discussion with mural artists LUCIA IPPOLITO, TIRSO ARAIZA and JUANA ALICIA @ Medicine for Nightmares

4PM-6PM Existir Es Resistir photo exhibit and artist talk by Alexa “LexMex” Treviño with musical guests NEBLINAS Del PACIFICO @ Acción Latina

 4:30PM-6PM: FRISCO 5 Film Documentary excerpt and discussion with Equipto, Ike, Mama Cristina, Paul S. Flores and UCSF Doctors @ Dance Mission Theater

6PM-8PM— MCCLA Teatro Comunitario "I Just Look Illegal" directed by Montse Nava with Musical Performances by Daisy Mariah and Gabriela Piedra and Printmaking by Ulises Ramirez. Public is invited to the closing of Latine Heritage Show “Aqui Estamos No Nos Vamos” @ MCCLA 

Paseo Artístico is produced quarterly by Acción Latina, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Dance Mission, Precita Eyes Muralists, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, Community Music Center, Artillery Ceramics, Temo’s Café, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. Special thanks for support from Latino Community Foundation PoderArte Fund and Mellon Foundation.

Paseo poster design by Josue Rojas

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Paseo Artistico is produced quarterly by Acción Latina, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Dance Mission, Precita Eyes Muralists, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, Community Music Center, Artillery Ceramics, Temo’s Café, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. Special thanks for support from Latino Community Foundation PoderArte Fund.

Paseo poster design by Josue Rojas

 PREVIOUS PROGRAMS:

History Matters in the Mission Full show

Click above to see entire show of History Matters in the Mission video from October 23, 2021

History Matters in the Mission (HMM) documents important cultural, artistic and political events in the Mission District based on the archival material from 50 years of El Tecolote Bilingual Newspaper, and interviews with local legendary artists and activists from the early 1970’s including Yolanda Lopez, Michael Ríos, Juan Gonzales, Joan Holden and Carlos Barón. Lead artist and director Paul S. Flores interviewed each local luminary to craft performances as both interpretations and reenactments of important events in The Mission from the 1970’s that still resonate today. Flores collaborated with choreographer Vanessa Sanchez, who also plays Yolanda Lopez, and musician Pedro Gomez, costume designer Jessica Recinos, puppeteer Jonathan Youtt, actress Edna Mira Raia, and Augmented Reality designer Shamsher Virk, to recreate the sounds and looks of the five Mission luminaries whose stories will be performed at different sites along 24th Street in the Latino Cultural District. Each outdoor site and venue will host a 5-10 minutes performance highlighting one of the local legends. Augmented Reality featuring videos, artwork and archival photos from El Tecolote will be available for download through your smartphone.

Paseo Artistico is produced by Accion Latina and co-presenters within the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District art venues including Mission Cultural Center, Brava Theater, Dance Mission, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, Adobe Books, Community Music Center, Precita Eyes, Alley Cat Books, Evolved Sf, SF Day Laborers and Domestic Workers, Loco Bloco and ZERO1

Paseo Artistico is a community collaborative proudly produced and managed by Acción Latina made possible by an Andrew Mellon Foundation grant

Paseo Artistico is managed and Produced by Accion Latina. Our primary community partner is Calle 24

Primary Community venues/partners include: Brava Theater, Precita Eyes Muralists, Adobe Books, Alley Cat Books, Dance Mission Theatre, Mission Cultural Center, Community Music Center, Loco Bloco, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, ZERO1, and Evolved SF.

Please fill out the SURVEY from the event to give us feedback about you and your experience at Paseo Artistico. 

poster design by Chris Cuadrado.

Para más información por favor mande un correo electrónico a paseoartistico@accionlatina.org. O visite www.paseoartistico.org. 

Participatory Application

UPCOMING 2020 PASEOS: Feburary 15, April 11, June 13  

ARTIST PARTICIPATION APPLICATION

Please fill out this info sheet to share your desire to participate in Paseo Artistico and your artist information in order to for us to better understand and support your potential presentation at Paseo Artistico and other 24th Street arts venues. As a Paseo artist, your info will be shared with all the cultural venues on 24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. These venues such as Alley Cat Books, Brava Theater, Mission Cultural Center, Adobe Books Dance Mission and more will reference your Mission Artist Application in Data Base from for future opportunities to present and produce work. Hopefully this leads to supporting your artistic sustainability in San Francisco so more people can enjoy your contributions.

DEADLINES:

Application for participation in Paseo deadline is always two weeks prior to Paseo Artistico. All entries must be submitted by 12PM PST.

CONTACT:

For further information and or clarification please email:

paseoartistico@accionlatina.org

APPLICATION

https://goo.gl/forms/2hpLjo9iQdM5CD7E2

CONTACT

For further information and or clarification please email: Paseoartistico@accionlatina.org

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