Events
Team Quince would like to cordially invite you to our community events that will occur during the duration of the exhibit. These events will highlight specific pieces of the Quince exhibit or bring attention to others not featured in the museum.
Film Series - Quinceañera
09/20/22
20 SEPTEMBER 2022
Quinceañera (2006, dir. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland) - 90 mins.
Discussion with Dr. Angharad Valdivia, Ariana Cano, and Stephanie Pérez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Set in the rapidly gentrifying Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park, quinceañera Magdalena (Emily Rios) and her cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia) experience a coming of age in which they grapple with their Mexican-American identity, sexuality, and family.
Ambientada en el barrio de Echo Park de Los Ángeles, que se está aburguesando rápidamente, la quinceañera Magdalena (Emily Rios) y su primo Carlos (Jesse García) atraviesan la madurez en la que lidian con sus identidades mexicano-estadounidenses, sus sexualidades, y su familia.
Consuming the Quinceañera
09/23/22
Joining us for “Consuming the Quinceañera: Culture, Media, and Community Legacies” with Dr. Rachel V. González-Martin, Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American & Latino/a Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities (2019).
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September 23, 2022
Room 210, Levis Faculty Center
[919 W. Illinois St. Urbana]
11am - 12pm
Film Series
Team Quince will host a film series throughout the duration of the exhibit. Joining us as guest speakers will have a discussion after each film. The films are as follows: Quinceañera (2006) 09/20/22, Vida (2020) 10/18/22, and My Dream Quinceañera (2020) 11/1/2022.
Film Series - Vida
10/18/22
18 OCTOBER 2022
Vida (2020, Episode 20, dir. Tanya Saracho) - 45 min
Discussion with Dr. Michael DeAnda, DePaul University & Silvana Scott, Doctoral Student, The University of Texas at Austin
Lyn (Melissa Barrera) throws Marcos (Tonatiuh) a double quinceañera for his thirtieth birthday. An extravagant party inspired by 80s telenovelas and 90s music, which he proclaims is "a right of passage that little Marquitos only dreamed of."
Lyn (Melissa Barrera) planea una “doble quinceañera” para los treinta años del cumpleañero Marcos (Tonatiuh). Una fiesta extravagante e inspirada por las telenovelas de los años 80 y la musica de los años 90, Marcos la declara “un rito de iniciación de cual Marquitos solo había soñado.”
Quinceañera Loteria
Oct Exact Date TBA
Lotería is a traditional game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards. The goal is to fill out the entire sheet. Our lotería images will be Quinceañera specific!
Film Series - My Dream Quince
11/1/22
1 NOVEMBER 2022
My Dream Quinceañera (2020, dir. Jackie Merry & Omid Afshar) - 85 mins.
Q&A Discussion with Honey Robinson
Honey shares the experience of planning her quinceañera, embracing the cultural practice as part of her Mexican heritage as an Afro-Latina teenager, while blazing her own path of individuality and personality in the U.S. American context.
Honey comparte la experiencia de planear su quinceañera, abarcando la práctica cultural como parte de su herencia cultural mexicana como una adolescente Afro-Latina, mientras ella abre su propio camino a la individualidad y su personalidad en el contexto estadounidense.
Quinceañera Performances
Nov Exact Date TBA
Let's dance! Come to see performances by UIUC Touch and UIUC Caliente teams as they mock the quinceañera dances (el vals y el baile sorpresa). You can be a part of this moment too as you learn about the meaning behind each dance and learn some dance moves!
Tiara Marking!
Throughout the duration of the Quince exhibit, we will be hosting tiara-making and other art activities.