e e k l y W EL CHICANo Vol 56, NO. 47
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N ovember 1 5, 2018
C i t y c e l e b r a t e s Ve t e r a n s D a y THIS WEEK Gloria’s Cor ner Pg. 3
Annual Humane Society fundraiser Pg.7 IECN PHOTO
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The city of San Bernardino’s Parks & Recreation Department hosted their 18th Annual Veterans Day Salute & Parade on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Meadowbrook Park in San Bernardino. A T-34 aircraft kicked off the event with a parade, followed by a 21 Gun Salute, veteran recognition ceremony, classic car display and veterans resource fair.
San Ber nardino galler y shines klieg light on Inland Empire ar tistic talent Asistencia conveyed to Redlands Conser vancy Pg. 12
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n artistic hub where Inland Empire artists can showcase their unconventional, critical and logical pieces that provoke conversations on the social, political and identity issues of the day is a shared vision Andrew Thompson and Eric Servin are working to achieve. The Little Gallery of San Bernardino opened its double red doors in the downtown Breezeway on 4th St. in June and has already curated three exhibits featuring local artists. Andrew funds the endeavor entirely by teaching art and working as a photo lab technician at Cal State San Bernardino, and teaching photography at Chaffey College and the University of La Verne. Eric, a former student of Andrew’s, invests countless passion hours of sweat equity into the gallery’s operations. Andrew, who describes himself
as an artist working on the outer edge, completed his undergraduate studies in San Francisco before moving to New York in 2002 where he lived in the now gentrified region of Bushwick, Brooklyn for nearly a decade before returning to the Inland region. He holds a master’s degree in Studio Art from Cal State San Bernardino. Local artists are overlooked and underappreciated explained Andrew, who aims to shine a klieg light on Inland Empire talent. “There are tons of great art, but no place for it to happen, which is what I can provide with my space.” The types of work they want to showcase are specific. “We want the work to be Velcro hooks that start a conversation,” Thompson, a Colton resident, explained. “We’re interested in provincial art that has a larger scope, not art that is flaccid and Gallery, cont. on next pg.
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Artist Andrew K. Thompson, left, of Colton, opened the Little Gallery in San Bernardino in an effort to highlight artistic talent that is so often overlooked and underappreciated in the Inland Empire. His former student, Eric Servin, right, invests countless hours of sweat equity into the gallery’s operations, while Andrew works four jobs teaching at area colleges to fund the endeavor. Pictured is an oil painting by Redlands resident Lauren Brewer.