Soy Yo/It’s Me

Performances

Soy Yo/It’s Me

Presented by YBCA |

Postponed

Join us for an intimate evening of performance, ceremony, food, and conversation led by BAN9 artist Arleene Correa Valencia.

In celebration of the Aztec New Year, the night will begin with a ceremony and performance of traditional Aztec dance followed by a performance from Correa Valencia of new writings. Afterward, enjoy a shared meal from El Huarache Loco, which brings the colors and flavors of Mexico City to San Francisco, alongside music, conversation, and reflections.

Soy Yo/It’s Me is part of an evolving suite of works that consider the ways immigrant families strive to integrate into a new culture, while also retaining their own identity and customs. Correa Valencia will share deeply personal writing and performance that explore this duality—and welcome audiences to participate in moments of collective joy and reflection.

Food is included with each ticket, and drinks will be available for purchase. Formal attire is welcomed.

Arleene Correa Valencia

Arleene Correa Valencia (b. 1993, Michoacán, Mexico) is an inaugural recipient of the Bay Area Fellowship at Headlands Center for the Arts and received a regional Emmy Award for her feature REPRESENT: Portraits of Napa Workers: Arleene Correa Valencia by KQED Arts. In 2023, Correa Valencia was also named a Eureka Fellow by the Fleishhacker Foundation.

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Bay Area Now 9 is curated by Martin Strickland, Director of Curatorial Initiatives, and Fiona Ball, independent curator; under the artistic leadership of Amy Kisch, Head of Art + Public Programming; and developed with the inaugural YBCA Curatorial Counsel of curators, artists, activists, and cultural workers working across the Bay Area’s creative disciplines and communities: Erina Alejo, Gina Basso, Jason Bayani, Mina Girgis, Candace Huey, José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, Aay Preston Myint, and Lehua Taitano.

The BAN9 YBCA project team also includes Yoni Asega, Manager of Exhibition Design; David Tim, Head Preparator, Project Design; Bella Manfredi, Senior Preparator, Multimedia + Graphics; O Soo Vegh, Exhibition Project Manager + Registrar; Rea Lynn de Guzman, Manager of Public + Educational Programs; Flavia Mora, Public + Educational Programs Coordinator; and Cori Lucas, Community + Program Event Manager.

YBCA is grateful to the preparator team who made this exhibition possible: Isaiah Acosta, Amy Bergstein, Micha Dudgeonwood, Owen Goodwin, German Hoyle, Calvin Jones, Linden Julien-Lehr, Lauren Kenwood, Benjamin Leon, Maren Mouhanna, Éamon McGivern, Christian Neill, David Prigge, and Kelsey Westphal.

YBCA Programs are made possible in part by the City and County of San Francisco, MacKenzie Scott, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC), #StartSmall, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Marilyn Conrad Trust, New England Foundation for the Arts, California Arts Council, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, William G. Irwin Charity Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Sato Foundation, Gaia Fund, Office of Mayor London N. Breed, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Headlands Center for the Arts, ICA San Francisco, Bay Area Mind and Music Society, GitHub, Harvey and Leslie Wagner Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Raymond James Charitable, Savant Group Charitable Foundation, The Building Works, Fremont Group Foundation, and YBCA Members.

Lead image: Arlene Correa Valencia at the opening of Bay Area Now 9 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2023. Photo by Pamela Gentile.