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Mexic-Arte’s Museum's Permanent Collection was brought
about through the desire to share the richness of Mexican,
Mexican American, and Latin art and culture with the
community of Central Texas. The Museum uses the collection
for exhibitions and complementing traveling exhibits.
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Prints from the Taller de la Gráfica Popular/Workshop
of Popular Graphics 1940-1970
The Taller de la Grafica Popular/Workshop of Popular Graphics
is a collection of etchings, linocuts, lithographs and silkscreens
created by prominent artists as part of a populist art movement
in Mexico. In 1937 in Mexico City, Leopoldo Mendez, Luis Arenal
and Pablo O'Higgins founded The Workshop of Popular Graphics
(TGP), a collective of artists. The objective of the artists was to
further the goals of the Mexican Revolution and the progressive
and democratic interests of the Mexican people through the popular
medium of printmaking.
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Masks from the State of Guerrero
The collection of traditional ritual masks from the
state of Guerrero, populated by Nahua Indians,
includes 100 works. The masks of Mexico act as
a record of its people, culture, religion, and history.
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The Serie Print Project
A collection of silkscreen prints created by regional artists
at Coronado Studio includes over 200 works. Through a
collaboration with Coronado Studio, a local silk screen
printing studio, the Mexic-Arte Museum has also published
special original editions with Latino artists. The artists' proofs,
the different states, a percentage of the prints and notes are
a part of the Permanent Collection.
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The Ernest De Soto Collection
Ernest De Soto was the first Mexican American Master Printer.
In addition, he was the first Mexican American to develop,
manage, and direct a studio for the creation of original fine
art prints. The collection consists of contemporary Latin American
and American lithographs, fine prints, and etchings by renowned artists.
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