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2010:
TWO EXHIBITIONS FROM SALTILLO,
COAHUILA
Exhibit continues through June 27, 2010
Rubén
Herrera was a significant artist and teacher, having founded the
Painting Academy of Saltillo, which created a new generation of
painters in Northern Mexico in the early 20th century. The exhibition,
featuring 10 works of art, will premiere for the first time in the
United States and is part of Mexic-Arte Museum’s year-long 2010
programming to commemorate the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution and
the Bicentennial of the Mexican
Independence.The exhibition
will include a special section on the Herrera Family in Austin, Texas,
highlighting
Rubén Herrera’s
significant family lineage in this
city.Comparative Chronology, Life of Rubén Herrera and Benjamín Herrera (pdf)
In conjunction with the
Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association
and the City of
Austin
REALIDADES
2010
20 Sculptures
by José Antonio García
Guerra
OPENING RECEPTION
Austin
City Hall
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
5:00 - 7:00
PM
Free
Admission
SPONSORS:
City of Austin
Texas Commission on the Arts
Austin-Saltillo Sister Cities Association
Instituto Municipal
de Cultura de Saltillo
Museo
Rubén
Herrera
Patronato de Bomberos
Coahuila Región Sureste
Herrera and Sifuentes Families
Barefoot Wine
Casa
Chapala
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SELECTIONS FROM AUSTIN COLLECTIONS
 For the 2010 Centennial Celebration of Mexico’s Revolution and
the Bicentennial Celebration of Mexico’s Independence, Mexic-Arte Museum will
present the exhibition Imagining Mexico:
Expressions in Popular Culture from Austin Collections to showcase art –
incorporating national Mexican symbols – from popular art collections in
Central Texas. The exhibition will be
shown in the Main Gallery.
In 2010, Mexico and communities in the United States are
slated to commemorate the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the Bicentennial
of the Mexican Independence. The
upcoming celebrations offer a marvelous opportunity to reflect upon the
contributions that groups have had upon the construction of the economic,
social and cultural processes and makeup of our countries and region. This is
also a wonderful moment to interrogate the topics of identity formation,
particularly those that have been created upon notions of nationalism and
community ties.
Mexic-Arte Museum will begin the 2010 celebrations in
January, demonstrating how artists and artisans have used symbols and images in
folk and popular art to create a national identity over the years. Using symbols – such as the Mexican flag, the
Virgen of Guadalupe, the revolutionary, and the soldadera – in their works,
artists have created a visual vocabulary that speaks of the nation of
Mexico. The exhibit will explore these
well known images as well as the less common icons to have helped in forging
Mexico’s visual identity.
The public will view various kinds of popular art
expressions that facilitate and promote an awareness and knowledge of this art
form. The artwork will come from various
collections in Central Texas including many members of the Austin Friends of Folk
Art. A local artist, Emmily Arenas, has been commissioned to create a contemporary response to the notion of national
identity.
Imagining Mexico Gallery Guide (pdf)
SPONSORED
IN PART BY City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Texas Commission on
the Arts, Tokyo Electron, Austin Friends of Folk Art, Univision Television, La Que Buena 104.3 FM, La Jefa 107.7 FM, Guero's Taco Bar, Iron Cactus, and Dos
Equis.
Click here to view images of art from Imagining Mexico: Expressions in Popular Culture
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 In this exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum features a collection of reprints of works from the Casasola Collection, illustrating the turbulent political era in Mexico between the turn of the century and the 1930s. Agustín Víctor Casasola (1874-1938) was one of early masters of photography and one of the first photographers in Mexico to engage in photojournalism.
Casasola, born in Mexico City on July 28, 1874, began his career as a typographer apprentice and became a journalist in 1894, working for various papers such as El Globo, El Popular, El Universal, El Tiempo, and El Imparcial. In the early 1900s, using the eye of a reporter, Casasola began taking photographs of famous revolutionaries such as Venustiano Carranza, Alvaro Obregón, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata. He also documented the common soldiers, the armed children, the executioners, the dead, and the living who remained, capturing the contrast between “the horses of nineteenth-century wars and the railroad trains of the modern era” (Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, ed., Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond, CONACULTA/INAH.)
His photographic collection called Casasola Fotógrafos, which would become one of the world’s first photo agencies (Agencia de Información Gráfica), was eventually acquired by the federal government in 1976 and is currently housed at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia as Mexico’s first national photographic library.
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 Derived
from the terms "mix-and-match" (to combine elements in a harmonious and
interesting way) and "mash-up" (a work that blends two or more songs or
pieces of art from different genres), Mix 'n' Mash is an original
concept by Mexic-Arte Museum, which refers not only to the mashing of
genres into one work of art, but also to the mixing of work by various
artists to create a unique collector's set.
Mexic-Arte Museum
has invited over 100 local and regional artists to create works of art
on 12" x 12" panels. The public may purchase one or more panels of
artwork - ranging in all styles and media - and make their own diptych
or triptych.
The professional quality acid-free panels used by
the artists are Gessobord, made in Austin, Texas and generously donated
by Ampersand. Proceeds from the Mix 'n' Mash Art Sale will benefit the
Museum's exhibition and education programs.
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Each 12"x12" panel is $100, or 3 for $250.
If you buy 5, you get the 6th one free!
Please note some pieces have already sold. You
may inquire about a particular piece by sending an e-mail to
info@mexic-artemuseum.org, calling (512) 480-9373 x84, or stopping by the
Museum! Admission is free through January 3, 2010.
Carlos G. Gómez, Te Mire,
sanded ink and acrylic polymer, 2009
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Derek Boshier, Enter the Curious,
acrylic, 2009
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David Mercado, Untitled,
acrylic, 2009
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Paul Valadez, Untitled,
acrylic, 2009
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KC Collins, Observation Series,
spray paint, 2009
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Kevin Munoz, El Hippie Guapo,
latex and acrylic, 2009
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Luis Abreux
Jose Acosta
Juan Carlos Amorrortu
Rene Hugo Arceo
Emmily F. Arenas Romero
Connie Arismendi
Daniel Arredondo
Justin Balleza
Adriana Bardin Prestwood
Jesus Benavente
Derek Boshier
Carlos Brondo
Amanda Bulger
Jimmy James Canales
Carmen Canann
Lauren Cardenas
Jacqueline Clouter
KC Collins
Sam Coronado
Neil H. Cronk
Eric Culver
David de Lara
Ernesto F. de Soto
Faustinus Deraet
Tony Diaz
Joseph Duarte
Fidencio Durán
Courtney Enriquez
Barbara Fellman
Lucilla Flores
Tina Fuentes
Yuko Fukuzumi | Melody Garrett
Amorette Garza
Linda Genet
Carlos G. Gómez
Ligia Gomez
Teresa Gómez-Martorell
Ernesto Gonzales
Rosemary Healy Gonzalez
Tomas Gregory
Tita Griesbach
Emily Guerra
Frank Guerra
Enrique Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
Bobby Hamric
Gloria Sanchez Hart
Nick Hay
Hector Hernandez
Mari Hernandez
Rick Hernandez
Diane Herrera
Jesse Herrera
Nancy Hoover
Alfonso Huerta
Leticia Huerta
James Huizar
Sean Ibanez
Carlos Francisco Jackson
Ed Jordan
Amelia Lopez
Claudio Lopez
Joe Lopez
| Jose Lopez
Reina Luengas
Jane Madrigal
Jaime Maldonado
Eduardo Martinez
Jesus Toro Martinez
Linda Marie Martinez
Rubén G. Martinez
Jacqueline May
Jessica Salazar McBride
Maline McCalla
David Mercado
Becca Midwood
Manuel Miranda
Sandre Molinar
Luke Monfries
Roberto Munguia
Randy Muniz
Celia Alvarez Muñoz
Kevin Muñoz
Lucas Negrete
JoAnna Ordóñez
Jose Clemente Orozco
Sylvia Orozco
Noe Ortiz
Maria Parham
Nilea Parvin
Andrea Patin
James Willard Pierce
Kym Pykosz
Jennifer Remenchik
Alonso Rey Sanchez
| Lacey Richter
Alexandra Ritzenberg
Chantelle Rodriguez
Sergio Rodriguez
Tony Romano
Maria Christina Salazar
Andrew Saldaña
Ana Lilia Salinas
Danielle Schulz
Xavier Serrato
Annie Simpson
Amanda Smith
Maria Sofikitis
Tony Sonnenberg
Carol Stensrud
Paula Stephen Cocke
Matthew D. Stuart
Connie Swann
Pablo Taboada
David Tenorio
Sarah Tillman
Anabel Toribio
Paul Valadez
Daniela Valerio
Valentina Vale
Carla Vargas-Frank
Deborah Kuetzpalin Vasquez
Regina Vater
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| For the last
five years Mexic-Arte Museum has been displaying special nativity
scenes donated to its permanent collection by local Austin collectors
who are strong supporters of the Museum and its mission to educate
about the art, culture, and history of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and
Latinos. These items are meant to showcase the rich tradition of
handmade artistry that Mexico is known for and allow audiences to
experience their variety and meanings. Mexic-Arte Museum would like to
acknowledge and express our gratitude to Ed Jordan, Polly and Don
Johnson and Marilyn Wood for their generous support and making possible
this delightful exhibition. |
ALSO FEATURING:
La Tamalada documentary film, 2008
Producer/Director: Curtis
Craven
15min 55sec (looped throughout the day)
Images
courtesy of Curtis
Craven
During
the month of December the
town of Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco observes the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception. Here in the heart of tequila country,
the streets are decorated, and the people celebrate with
processions and tamales. “La Tamalada” records a day in the
life of this town, beginning with coffee before dawn in a cantina and a
visit to the outlying agave fields where the harvest is in full
sway.
Curtis Craven has more than twenty-five years
of experience in the field of film and video as producer/director and
director of photography with an emphasis on documentary. Since the
early 1970's, he has lived, worked and traveled extensively in Latin
America and is fluent in Spanish.
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Celebrating El Día de los Muertos
Jesus Benavente,
Tzompantli (All That I've Given and Can't Give
Back), raw materials,
2009
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Welcome to Mexic-Arte Museum’s 26th Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibition. The Day of the Dead is a Mexican and Mexican American holiday whose intricate history is intertwined with the history of Mexico and Mexican culture. The Day of the Dead is practiced on November 1st and 2nd, during which the graves of loved ones are decorated, special foods like mole and pan de muerto are made, ofrendas are built to honor the dead, and special festivals and processions are held.
The Day of the Dead has its origins in ancient Mesoamerican cultures. In pre-Columbian thought, death and life were forever of the earth and a natural part of the cycle of regeneration. Later these beliefs blended with those of the Spanish, who arrived in Mexico in the early 1500s. During the early twentieth century, Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada popularized the skeleton image associated with the holiday with his humorous drawings of calaveras, and thereby established a uniquely Mexican style of art.
The Chicano Movement embraced Day of the Dead as a way to recover pre-Hispanic Mexican identities. Today, Day of the Dead continues to be celebrated by Mexicans and Mexican Americans and other ethnicities across Mexico and the United States every November. Mexic-Arte Museum’s Viva la Vida brings together the artists and community members of Austin to pay homage to those who have passed on, through an exhibition of contemporary art, community altars and ofrendas.
Liliana Wilson, Niña y Calavera,
color pecil on paper
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Jesse Herrera, Cempaxochtl Flower Trail, photograph
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 Daniel Martin Diaz, Sacratus, 2009, serigraph (Serie XVI)
Serie XVI artists:
- Jesús “Cimi” Alvarado
- José Andreu
- Bernice Appelin-Williams
- Daniel Martin Diaz
- Tina Fuentes
- Teresa Gomez-Martorell
- Wayne Miyamoto
- Oscar Moya
- Gladys Poorte
- José Rodriguez
As a non-profit artist residency program, the Serie Project hosts emerging and established artists who produce original works of art through the medium of serigraphy (also known as silk-screen printing). Its mission is twofold: to promote the cultural diversity of the visual arts while developing awareness of Latino art and its importance in our communities, and to make artwork accessible and affordable to the public. The Serie Project has hosted more than 250 artists from the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Spain since 1993.
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Through a special partnership with the Austin History Center to focus attention on the importance of history and memory, a featured community altar displays photos and short biographies that depict some of the Mexican American history of Austin. The lives and work of those being honored here contributed to making important gains for people of Mexican descent.
Also each year, the Museum highlights a particular region to demonstrate the diversity of Mexico and the traditions that make up Day of the Dead. This year, the region being highlighted is Puebla, which is the state located southeast of Mexico City.Lorraine Camacho
8/21/1917 – 12/29/1999
PICB 21145 Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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 For the 2009 Día de los Muertos Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum is displaying a selection of museum quality replicas of funerary art from Western Mexico on loan from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México at San Antonio (UNAM-San Antonio). Ancient Western Mexican art of Mesoamerica encompasses the modern-day Western Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima, and Nayarit.
This art dates to between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D. and was found in what are known as tomb-shafts – chambers dug into the ground where these objects belonging to the societies’ elites were placed. There is much we still do not know about this art, whether it was used for another purpose or made specifically to be buried with ancestors in the shaft tombs. However, its distinct imagery should delight those eager to know more about daily life and funerary traditions in this region. |
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Curated by Eduardo Xavier García
In times of troubled assets relief programs (TARP), we look to art and culture for comfort. Our lona – our cover – is in the creative process. This 14th annual Young Latino Artists exhibition, TARP ≠ lona, serves as a vehicle where viewers may strip away complexities and obstructions in order to reflect, develop new approaches and move forward... to find their lona.
YLA 14 artists:
- Julia Barbosa Landois
- Noé Cuellar
- Carlos Donjuan
- Joseph Duarte
- Santiago Forero
- Hector Hernandez
- James Huizar
- Sean Adam Ibañez
- Jorge Javier Lopez
- Randy Muñiz
- Gil Rocha
- Abel Saucedo
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