About
Un espacio creativo para la comunidad
Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA) is a collaborative partnership between the Chicana/o Studies Program at the University of California, Davis and the greater Woodland community. TANA offers a fully functioning silkscreen studio, Chicano/Latino Arts exhibition space, and a teaching center for the arts. Through exhibiting, printing, and teaching, TANA cultivates the cultural and artistic life of the community, viewing the arts as essential to a community's development and well-being.
The Chicana/o Studies Department at the University of California, Davis has a history of scholarship and promotion of community health and empowerment. TANA is a continuation of this history, developing an authentic and organic link between UC Davis and the greater Woodland community. The City of Woodland is the most natural partner for the community-based arts instruction and scholarship offered through Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis. The human resources from the community of Woodland and institutional resources from UC Davis will collectively promote the role of art and culture as a viable community-building strategy. There are four primary elements to TANA: Gallery and Exhibition Space, Taller Classes and Community Arts Workshop, Art and Graphic Design Services, and The Atelier.
Formerly a maintenance storage facility, TANA is housed in a 3600 sq. ft. warehouse revamped and fitted to the needs of a working silkscreen taller. Complete with a dark room, washout area, gallery, and workspace, TANA accommodates numerous creative projects, ranging from first time workshop participants to experienced professional artists. TANA operates on a philosophy that one’s creative practice extends to every aspect of the creative process. From workshop tables, light tables, shelves, to frames for exhibitions, much of our infrastructure was built from scratch. Here are some photos of TANA’s transformation from an empty warehouse to a fully functioning taller.
Our Team
José A. Arenas
Director
José Arenas is a California-based visual artist whose work explores dual identity, migration, cultural traditions, and the layered memories of a migratory childhood. He earned a BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. His work has been exhibited in galleries and cultural spaces throughout the United States, including notable presentations in San Francisco and New York City. In addition to serving as Director of TANA, he teaches annual mural painting courses in the Chicana/o/x Studies Department at UC Davis and is deeply committed to using art as a tool for education, cultural expression, and community engagement.
Eddie Lampkin
Workshop Coordinator
Eddie Lampkin manages TANA’s workshop programming, archiving, and additionally facilitates edition projects and community events. Eddie is a Woodland based artist whom at an early age participated in the silk screen workshops at TANA. After transferring to UC Davis, he served as a teaching assistant under Carlos Jackson in his Chicano studies printmaking course while interning at TANA and teaching local youth. Throughout his academic career Eddie has continued to make politically engaged posters in solidarity with global movements against US imperialism.
Miah Santiago
Student Intern
Yezenia Gomez
Student Intern
My name is Yezi, and I am from the Bay Area, specifically Oakland, CA. At UC Davis, I am currently double-majoring in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, as well as in Chicana/o/x Studies. I am pursuing an MD/PhD to become a research physician. I enjoy creating art as a means of communication and connection with the community. Outside of TANA, I enjoy reading, writing, and spending time with friends.
Malaquias Montoya
TANA Co-founder
A UC Davis Professor Emeritus, Malaquias Montoya is credited by historians as one of the founders of the social serigraphy movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1960s. He has lectured and taught at numerous colleges and universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, the California College of Art, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Texas, San Antonio. Montoya's unique visual expression is an art of protest, depicting the resistance and strength of humanity in the face of injustice and the necessity to unite behind that struggle. In 2010, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center published a full-length monograph about Montoya and his work.
Carlos Francisco Jackson
TANA Co-founder
Carlos Francisco Jackson is Co-founder of TANA. A former Professor in the Chicana/o Studies Department at UC Davis, he now serves as dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. A visual artist and writer, Jackson was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended UC Davis where he received his Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Development and an MFA in Painting where he received the Robert Arneson Award for Excellence. In 2002, he was awarded a full fellowship to attend the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in central Maine. For the 2003-2004 year, he held the David Shainberg Endowed Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. In 2009, the University of Arizona Press published his first book, ProtestArte: Chicana and Chicano Art, a survey of the Chicano Art Movement.
