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Red Poppy Art House presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the poetry of Adrian Arias, featuring dancers, musicians, photographic projections and video. Adrian has won visual art and poetry prizes in France, Argentina, Japan, Peru and Spain, and been featured in art shows in Europe, Asia and the US. Adrian is the creator of the art show Illusion; producer of Luna Negra, an annual event for women in the arts at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA); and producer of VideoFest, held at the Roxie and MCCLA. 

As part of their BAN 5 residency, the Red Poppy Art House (RPAH) explores the power that small spaces hold as vibrant centers where artists gather, create and make their home. Conceived as an on-site neighborhood experiment in cultural innovation, the RPAH acts as a meeting ground for artists of all disciplines, while engaging the complex social and economic issues of the arts landscape. In YBCA’s Room for Big Ideas (RBI), the Art House presents a month-long program of artists spanning disciplines and musical traditions of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, joining the traditional to the contemporary, and exploring the ways in which design and arrangement of physical space invariably come to represent, if not impose, our values in material form.

This Public Program is supported by a generous grant from The Wallace Foundation.