Healing Through: Maya González
Encantada Gallery
908 Valencia
San Francisco, CA 94110
Dates: Thru January 2009
Reception: December 12, 2008, 6pm
New works by award-winning artist and children's book illustrator, Maya González will be on display at Encantada Gallery through January. These works are a completion of a grant that she was awarded by the San Francisco Arts Commission that deal with healing through her long term illness. The image shown here will become a print that will be donated to 10 agencies in San Francisco that deal with healing issues within her communities. An artist presentation will follow in January where Maya will discuss the symbolism of the artwork in depth and present the agencies she has chosen with their very own print. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, December 12, 2008.
For more information, contact 415-642-3939.
Gallista Gallery: Tamalada
Gallista Gallery
1913 S. Flores St.
San Antonio, TX
Date: December 13, 2008, 4-9pm
Featuring paintings of our Virgen de Guadalupe and a traditional nativity scene by Aida Meza.
For more information, contact 210-212-8606.
National Hispanic Cultural Center Seeks Executive Director
NHCC Executive Director Search
Department of Cultural Affairs
407 Galisteo Street, Suite 260
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Postmark deadline: December 31, 2008
The National Hispanic Cultural Center located in Albuquerque, New Mexico is seeking an exceptional individual to fill the position of Executive Director. The Center is a modern, world-class facility consisting of six buildings totaling 273,000 square feet on 51 acres including protected areas of the Rio Grande Bosque. Opened in 2000, the Center includes a museum, genealogy center, library, the Roy E. Disney center for the performing arts, the Domenici education center, and several outdoor spaces. The Center is poised to be the premier facility in the hemisphere for the presentation and study of Hispano/Latino culture in New Mexico, Latin America, and the Hispanic world. The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a Division of the State of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. http://www.nhccnm.org/. This is a fulltime, Exempt position within State Government. The Executive Director Reports to the Secretary of the Department and to the Center’s Board of Directors. EEO/AA. Salary includes a generous benefit package.
A cover letter and resume with three references should be postmarked by December 31, 2008 and sent to:
NHCC Executive Director Search Department of Cultural Affairs
407 Galisteo Street, Suite 260, Santa Fe, NM 87501
ATTN: Ana Canales, Office of the Secretary
Requirements:
The applicant should have a minimum of three to five years of museum and performing arts center experience and be informed and passionate about the subject matter. A bachelor’s degree or higher in a discipline related to the management and operation of an organization such as the National Hispanic Cultural Center is a requirement. The ability to speak, read, and write Spanish fluently is also required for frequent interaction with the Spanish-speaking world (job interview will be partially in Spanish).
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Ester Hernández: 2008 Holiday Art Sale
1263 Hampshire St.
San Francisco, CA
Date: December 6, 2008, 1-6pm
Between 24th and 25th streets in the heart of La Misión, first-time sale and clearance of select original pastels, paintings and prints by Ester Hernández, winner of 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, National Women's Caucus for the Arts. Featuring Sun Raid, a provocative and updated screenprint of Ester's iconic Sun Mad print.
For more information call 415-699-1296.
Alfredo Arreguin: Universal Patterns
Kokoon Arts
1305 West 80th St,
Cleveland, OH 44102
October 10, 2008 – January 31, 2009
This will be the first time Alfredo Arreguin has exhibited in the Cleveland region. He was born in Michoacan, Mexico in 1935, and has lived and worked in the Seattle, Washington area since 1956. Alfredo is regarded as America’s premiere “Pattern Painter” and is honored to have numerous paintings in collections around the United States and Mexico.
The Kokoon Arts Gallery continues the tradition started in 1911 by William Sommer and other Cleveland Graphic Arts Tradesmen then known as The Kokoon Arts Clubs to promote a more modernist approach to producing art. The gallery will always revere and honor historic traditional media, but the evolution of artistic creativity is never ending and new possibilities are generated using electronic and digital media.
For more information contact 216-832-8212.
Holiday Exhibition
Fremont Gallery
812 Fremont Avenue, Suite 100
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Dates: November. 29, 2008 - January 7, 2009
Reception: November 29, 4-9pm
Participating artists: Carmen Argote, Roberto Delgado, David Flury, Margaret García, Marie Kane, Heriberto Luna, Nestor Vega, and others!
For more information call 626.403.9901.
Chicana Art & Experience: Mujeres con Garbo
ALF-CIO Headquarters
815 16th St., N.W.
Washington, DC
Dates: Nov. 19, 2008 - May 31, 2009
Chicana Art and Experience is an exhibition of more than 30 prints, paintings, posters and photographs by women who reflect on the experiences and struggles of Mexican Americans.
This exhibit concentrates on works of art that depict the specific concerns of working Chicanas—organizing, immigration, women's rights, health care, workplace safety, housing, community and cultural identity. The title of the show comes from Juana Alicia's poster "Women with Attitude/Mujeres con Garbo." The Spanish word garbo is more complex than the English word "attitude"; it combines assertiveness with grace, elegance and agility—a perfect way to sum up the work in this exhibit.
The artists represented in the show are Barbara Carrrasco, Ester Hernández, Cecilia Concepción Alvarez, Laura Álvarez, Favianna Rodriguez, Yreina Cervántez, Juana Alicia, Irene Simmons, Delilah Montoya, Laura Molina, Tina Hernández, Yolanda López, Carmen Lomas Garza and Kathy Vargas. The exhibit was organized by Rex Weil, an artist, independent curator, writer and educator living and working in Washington, D.C.
For more information visit www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/art/chicana_explanation.cfm.
The Texas Chair Project
Austin Museum of Art
823 Congress Ave. at 9th St.
Austin, TX
Dates: Nov. 15, 2008 - Jan. 8, 2009
The Texas Chair Project is an artistic exchange initiated by Texas artist Damian Priour. In 2007, Priour created and mailed 100 unique miniature glass and limestone chairs to fellow artists with the request that they return a chair in response. A celebration of material exploration, this exhibition is a presentation of this interchange. Texas artists Fidencio Duran, Steve Brudniak, Melissa Miller, Jesus Moroles, Margo Sawyer, Bob Schneider, James Surls, The Art Guys, and Sydney Yeager, among others, created chairs in such diverse media as a beer can, buttons, cast bronze, plastic army men, sawdust, steel, uranium tubing, and U.S. currency. Organized by Damian Priour and Eva Buttacavoli, Director of Exhibitions and Education, Austin Museum of Art.
For more information contact 512.495.9224.
Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
Dates: Nov. 1, 2008 - May 10, 2009
All over the world, stories and folktales are told about certain bandits who stand for social justice. Often, the popular mind converts real historical figures such as Tiburcio Vásquez and the leaders of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 into folk heroes. In other cases, popular culture shapes distinct and more satisfying characters out of historical composites, like Robin Hood or Joaquín Murrieta. Sometimes fictional bandit heroes, such as Zorro, the Cisco Kid, and the Bandit Queen, fill a social and cultural need. These characters assume a vitality that often penetrates all of popular media, including film, art, costume, radio, television, and the commercial world of children's products.
This exhibition focuses on the Latino experience and the interplay of fact and fantasy in the depiction of Latina and Latino "noble bandits."
For more information visit www.autrynationalcenter.org/boldcaballeros/.
Luminarias del la Guadalupe & Christmas Mercado
CHAC Norte
775 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver, CO 80204
Dates: Nov. 14 - Dec. 20, 2008
Enjoy a wide array of unique handmade gift items from local Denver Artists. Including jewelry, pottery, painting, sculpture, retablos, handmade crosses, photography, prints and a great selection of “Guadalupe” items!
CHAC Norte in November will also feature the following artists: Stevon Lucero, Robert Martinez, Rob Yancey, Frank Policiano and Tammy Yancey.
More information can be found at: www.chacweb.org
Tempe, AZ Seeks Design Team Artist
Tempe, AZ
Deadline: December 19, 2008, 5 pm
The City of Tempe has issued a Request for Qualifications for a design team artist who will assist the project design team in concept development and art integration that will enhance the overall Tempe Public Library experience and reinforce the mission of the library renovation project.
More information can be found at: www.tempe.gov/arts/news/rfq2.pdf
Ancient Ofrenda: Elements of an Altar
ASU Museum of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution
and Social Change Building
Tempe, AZ
Dates: October 2, 2008 - January 23, 2009
Reception: October 30
For the past nine years, the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology has hosted an annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival Exhibit. Traditionally, the museum has featured a gallery filled with individual altars. This year, the gallery will be transformed into one altar through individual works of art. Each piece of art in the exhibit will represent one of the many offerings that compose a traditional altar. Emphasis will be placed on the four elements (earth, wind, water and fire) found on traditional altars that tie this celebration to its Aztecan roots. The opening celebration will include music and food.
The 9th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival Exhibit is a joint collaboration between the ASU Museum of Anthropology, the CALACA Latino Cultural Arts Collective, and the community.
For more information visit asuma.asu.edu/AncientOfrenda.
Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos:
The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration
Fowler Museum at UCLA
LosAngeles, CA 90095
Dates: October 5-December 28, 2008
Consider Mexican migration into the United States—one of the defining factors in the American socio-political landscape—as seen through Chicano/Mexican visual arts. Featuring paintings, works on paper, photographs, video, retablos and more, these works explore the struggles and visions of migrants, as well as their spiritual practices and the roles of these traditions during difficult journeys. Work by more than forty artists—including Salomón Huerta, Patssi Valdéz, Gronk, Victor Ochoa, Magú, Felipe Ehrenberg, Delilah Montoya, Malaquías Montoya and others—consider themes of journeys, boundaries, and barriers, urban landscapes and human geographies, and negotiating identities.
For more information contact www.fowler.ucla.edu.
Meso-Americhanics (Maneuvering Mestizaje): de la Torre Brothers and Border Baroque
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Dates: Sept. 12, 2008 - Feb. 22, 2009
This exhibit features the intricate, yet monumental, blown glass and mixed media works of Einar and Jamex de la Torre which mirror and address the complex experiences of living in a global society. Visually and socially timely, their work excels in peeling off the layers to get to the real issues of the twenty-first century.
For more information visit www.nhccnm.org.
Low and Slow: The Art of the Lowrider
Mesa Arts Center
1 East Mesa St.
Mesa, AZ
Dates: Sept. 12, 2008 - Jan. 11, 2009
The Main Gallery will showcase the art of customized cars by a unique collection of lowrider artists. From the art of pin striping, muraling, and car customizing, the culture that came from the streets is now being featured in art galleries and museums around the world. The Low and Slow exhibition in the Main Gallery at MCA will include Estevan Oriol's lowriding lifestyle photography, a 1979 Monte Carlo with a one of a kind flake paint job fully customized by Mister Cartoon, and car part "canvases" interpreted by top artists. Participants include lowrider artists: Mister Cartoon, Efrain "Bugs" Gonzales, O.G. Abel, Danny D and Mike Pickel as well as contemporary artists Sandow Birk, Vincent Valdez, Ben Beshaw, and MAC. The artists' car part "canvases" are for sale with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Free Arts of Arizona.
Mesa Contemporary Arts is an extraordinary visual art exhibition space at Mesa Arts Center showcasing contemporary art from today's emerging and internationally recognized artists in five stunning galleries. Groundbreaking and provocative, the exhibits represent the finest in contemporary art.
For more information contact 480-644-6500.
Tempe Center for the Arts seeks artists for temporary Sculpture Garden piece
Deadline: December 5, 2008, 5pm
Notification of Artists: December 22, 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Gallery at Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is issuing a Temporary Outdoor Ceramics Exhibition Application for ceramic pieces to be on display from Jan. 24-April 11, 2009, in the TCA Sculpture Garden, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway.
This temporary outdoor exhibition will take place in conjunction with the NCECA 2009 Juried Regional Student Exhibition presented by the TCA and the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Art.
The exhibition in the sculpture garden will include ceramic work by alimited number of artists chosen by a professional jury panel. The chosen artists will be asked to display current outdoor ceramic work or install new site-specific outdoor installations during the run of the
exhibition. Work may include other media but the majority of the work
must be ceramic.
For more information download www.tempe.gov/arts/News/Sculpturegarden.pdf.
"Black Mirror/Espejo Negro: A Museum Installation" by Pedro Lasch
Nasher Museum of Art
Duke University Central Campus
2001 Campus Dr.s
Durham, NC 27705
Dates: May 22, 2008- January 19, 200
This large-scale installation by artist Pedro Lasch incorporates his sculpture with more than a dozen works from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection. The museum commissioned the work to accompany "El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III" and also in anticipation of the upcoming exhibition "Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City" in spring of 2009. With "Black Mirror/Espejo Negro" Lasch brings his own poetic and aesthetic reflections to the museum's pre-Columbian collection, one of the most important of its kind in the world.
Lasch teaches art and art theory in Duke's Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. He was born and raised in Mexico City and has been based in New York and North Carolina since 1994.
For more information, contact 919-684-5135.