Dear Visitor, After much internal and objective deliberation, I (founder, Henry G. Sanchez) made the difficult decision to close the socially engaged art project L.O.C.C.A.: The Law Office Center for Citizenship and Art in July of 2022. During its short existence as an art project L.O.C.C.A. created many collaborations, event and programs with artists, local community organizations and social justice groups. L.O.C.C.A., as a business, also kept its doors open for family law attorneys to provide affordable legal services to the local bilingual neighborhood. However due to multiple factors that included personal health challenges, financial struggles, upkeep of major repairs and maintenance, plus the affects of the COVID 19 pandemic, I sold this property to Rudy Leija, a longtime friend of my father Henry V. Sanchez. Though L.O.C.C.A. ends as a brick and mortar art site, it continues to serve as the inspiration of new works and writings of mine. This website will serve as the online host of those current and future artwork under it’s ART PROJECTS tab. Please visit the site for new content and image additions. Thank you to everyone who contributed to and visited L.O.C.C.A. throughout it’s art existence.
Most humbly and sincerely, Henry G. Sanchez, artist
L.O.C.C.A.: The Law Office Center for Citizenship and Art is a social practice project where art, scholarship, history and service to the community can work together.
L.O.C.C.A. is an artist-initiated project founded by Henry G. Sanchez in the Hispanic community of the East End in Houston, Texas. It is established within the grounds of the Sanchez Law Building, which provides family legal services to low and middle-income families in the neighborhood. L.O.C.C.A.’s trans-disciplinary mission traverses socially engaged art initiatives, projects in collaboration with artists, community residents, sociologists, historians, scientists and political activists in order to empower community partners and individuals to address issues confronting the Latino/a/x, Mexican and Mexican American experience. L.O.C.C.A. seeks to celebrate and strengthen the Hispanic presence in the neighborhood, city and state of Texas. L.O.C.C.A. is a social platform that also serves as an art venue for exhibitions, film, performance and panel discussions. This trans-disciplinary mission bridges an investigatory process and social action with participation in an aesthetic experience to discover a broader definition of human fulfillment and citizenship for the local population.
All photography provided by Henry G. Sanchez
L.O.C.C.A. is dedicated to the memory of Maria A. Sanchez.
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