Inland Mexican Heritage Events

To create Paved With Good Intentions, Inland Mexican Heritage spent nearly two years collecting materials as part of Living on the Dime: A View of the World From Along I-10, gathering stories and images in communities from San Bernardino Valley to the Colorado River. On the freeway, off the beaten track, during public programs, personal interviews, and chance meetings on the road, we visited the land and people that make up this vast region called Inland Southern California, asking those we met, ‘How did the freeway change our communities and the environment, and where do we go from here?’
For many along the Dime, ‘progress’ and ‘growth’ are one and the same and tend to be accepted without much thought, or as an inevitable consequence of American cultural tendencies. Meanwhile, cities from Blythe to Banning and Beaumont to Bloomington continue to be deeply affected, for better or worse, by large-scale road and land development since the mid Twentieth Century with growth and progress most often occurring at the expense of rural communities, open space, and older suburban neighborhoods.

In pursuit of highly selective notions of ‘beneficial use’ an unholy, if convenient alliance between governments and land development interests are increasingly determined and quite skilled at eliminating existing built and scarce open space. But as determined as these sometimes overwhelming forces can be, individuals, groups, and entire communities are organizing, engaging, and working toward a different reality for the environment, their health, and their futures. The stories, pictures, and time people shared with us are now part of our collective California heritage. We are proud to present this exhibit and invite you to experience what for all of us associated with the project felt to be a sometimes heartbreaking, at times uplifting, and always captivating experience.

Paved With Good Intentions
Multimedia Exhibition
On tour through Winter 2006

Riverside, CA
Community Art Association Gallery Opens June 15

Pomona, CA
LA County Fair/Millard Sheets Gallery
Opens September 9
www.fairplex.org

Living on the Dime
Preview screenings

Banning, CA
June 22, 7PM
Banning Public Library

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