Acción Latina Presents:

PASEO ARTÍSTICO: “Women Are the Heart of Our Culture”

Saturday March 14, 2026

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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Acción Latina Presents - PASEO ARTÍSTICO: “Women Are the Heart of Our Culture”

San Francisco, CA - Paseo Artístico, the Mission District’s signature free, bilingual art walk, returns on Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 12PM-8PM, with a powerful theme: “Women Are the Heart of Our Culture.” Celebrating International Women’s Day by featuring a powerful multidisciplinary, multigenerational and diverse line up of women artists who change the cultural landscape with their creativity and passion.

The event will span multiple venues on 24th Street in the Mission District, with a curated schedule of visual art, live music, dance, photography and memoirs of womens’ militancy. Each presentation illuminates the radical and passionate creativity of Bay Area women artists.

All events are free for all ages.

More info at www.paseoartistico.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MARCH 14

12PM-5PM   Art Opening solo painting exhibit featuring Kassandra Pintor at Precita Eyes Muralists Gallery 2981 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 @24th

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. 

12PM-5PM  Groove With You featuring Dizzy Flix all women photography exhibit and DJ West Carolina at  Made in the City 3119 24th St. 

6PM-8PM Encuentritos Concert: Musical guests Gina Madrid and XEMARA at Accion Latina 2958 24th St. 

For artist info and confirmed schedule www.paseoartistico.org

Paseo Artístico is co-presented by Dance Mission, Community Music Center, Precita Eyes Muralists, Made In the City, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, Artillery Ceramics, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, Temo’s Coffee and Evolved SF with the support of Latino Community Foundation PoderArte Grant. 

Graphics and poster design by AGANA

ABOUT THE ARTISTS : Women are the Heart of our Culture

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 Queer Cultural Center, XEMARA is currently experimenting with her singing performances as both archive and invitation by developing a live performance for the 2026 National Queer 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 #Every28Hours 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. 

CONNECT WITH GABI

Instagram: @gabimontufarceramics

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.

Instagram: @tallerkupuri

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.

CONNECT WITH IZZY 

Instagram  :@thepotterwhopuffs

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. 

 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:

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APPLICATION

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CONTACT

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