And see:
I cry, I weep with joy,
And my tears are the tears of my people….
Before the brave, before the proud builders and workers,
I say I want the wide American earth
For all the free,
I want the wide American earth for my people,
I want my beautiful land.
I want it with my rippling strength and tenderness
Of love and light and truth
For all the free—
“I Want the Wide American Earth” ca. by Carlos Bulosan
The exhibition presents recent paintings by Dominic Mangila that reference Filipino migrant workers who came to the United States in the early 20th century – the farm laborers ‘Manong Generation’ of California’s Pajaro Valley, Hawaii and the shrimp farmers of Louisiana. It also features a six-panel painting which references an archive on International Hotel. The archive is culled from the Watsonville Is In the Hearts (WIITH) – a community-engaged research initiative based at the University of Santa Cruz (UCSC).
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