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The California Lottery

Artist Josefina Jacquin (Colombian-American, born 1960)

Date1996

Mediumscreenprint

Dimensionssheet: 170.2 × 106.7 cm (67 × 42 in.)
frame: 182.2 × 134 cm (71 3/4 × 52 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineChapin Riley Fund at the Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Object number2021.23

Descriptionprinted by Mission Gráfica Printmaking Studio, San Francisco, CA
Label TextThe California Lottery was Jacquín’s first work in a series inspired by the Mexican Lottery (La Lotería) made in response to California’s anti-immigrant Proposition 187. “Prop 187” was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run screening system prohibiting undocumented immigrants from using non-emergency healthcare, public education, and other statewide services. The law, which passed with nearly 59% of the vote, faced several legal challenges and was voided in 2014. Inspired in part by her work as an educator, Jacquín’s screenprint incorporates “Spanglish,” a form of slang that blends Spanish and English. This hybridized language serves as an example of Latin America’s influence on California’s cultural landscape. Various “bingo squares” have personal ties to the artist. For example, “El Beibi” features her youngest son in a classic “Sears portrait family photoshoot,” which she refers to as “a very North American custom of the times.”

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