FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2016
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La Catrina de la China
(Cecilia Sanchez Duarte)
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In July 2016, Cecilia Garcia Morales and Cecilia Sánchez Duarte, teachers of the Instituto de Cultura, Turismo y Arte de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, came to Austin Texas as invited artists of La Peña Latino Art Organization to give a lecture on the creator of “La Catrina” José Guadalupe Posada, and the celebration of Day of the Dead in Mazatlán. This event was complemented with an intensive workshop of printmaking in linoleum, to create works that will be exhibited in the Angela Peralta Gallery on November the 1st 2016, and simultaneously exhibited in La Peña Gallery also the same day. Mazatlecan artists will exhibit woodblocks printed with a steamroller.
Cempasúchil (Cecilia Garcia)
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Huichol Deer Repopulation Project
La Peña is proud to sponsor the Huichal Deer Repopulation Project created by our friend Luis Guerra.
Luis is a painter, sculptor, writer, storyteller, and activist.
In recent months the Huichol Deer Repopulation Project has relocated 33 deer from northern Mexico to the Sierra Madre, in Jalisco. According to Luis, "The dream of repopulating the Sierra Madre of Jalisco with deer actually came to me about 28 years ago, when I attended the Huichol Festival of the Drum, the Corn, and the Squash. It was then that I learned that encroachment and poaching had decimated the deer population in Huichol land. Which was truly tragic, given that deer are sacred to the Huichol, an integral and major part of their cosmology."
Here is the full report with more information:
Huichol Deer Repopulation Project
Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the Deer Project. You can do it online by going to our Contact Us page and clicking on Donate. Please indicate that it is for the Deer Project (in the “Add special instructions” box, in the “Review Donations” page.)
Or, write a check to La Peña (indicating that it’s for the Deer Project) and mail it to: La Peña • 227 Congress Ave. • Austin, TX 78701
Luis is a painter, sculptor, writer, storyteller, and activist.
In recent months the Huichol Deer Repopulation Project has relocated 33 deer from northern Mexico to the Sierra Madre, in Jalisco. According to Luis, "The dream of repopulating the Sierra Madre of Jalisco with deer actually came to me about 28 years ago, when I attended the Huichol Festival of the Drum, the Corn, and the Squash. It was then that I learned that encroachment and poaching had decimated the deer population in Huichol land. Which was truly tragic, given that deer are sacred to the Huichol, an integral and major part of their cosmology."
Here is the full report with more information:
Huichol Deer Repopulation Project
Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the Deer Project. You can do it online by going to our Contact Us page and clicking on Donate. Please indicate that it is for the Deer Project (in the “Add special instructions” box, in the “Review Donations” page.)
Or, write a check to La Peña (indicating that it’s for the Deer Project) and mail it to: La Peña • 227 Congress Ave. • Austin, TX 78701
Historias/Viajes
A Conversation with Artists
Marta Sánchez & Liliana Wilson
Visual artists Marta Sánchez and Liliana Wilson appear at the Benson to inaugurate an exhibition of their selected works, titled Historias/Viajes. Scholar and author Norma E. Cantú led a discussion with the artists.
About the Artists
A native of San Antonio, Texas, painter Marta Sánchez is deeply inspired by traditional Mexican folk art expressions. She is recognized primarily for her retablo paintings, an offspring of traditional Mexican prayer paintings. Sánchez is the co-author of Transcendental Train Yard, with Norma E. Cantú, a book that pairs her artwork with Cantú's poetry.
Liliana Wilson was born in Valparaíso, Chile. She studied law at the Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile. In 1977, she visited the United States and subsequently settled in Austin. Her artwork is featured in the volume Ofrenda: Liliana Wilson's Art of Dissidence and Dreams, edited by Cantú.
The exhibition Historias/Viajes runs from April 14 through July 15, 2016.
BENSON LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 1 • Clyde Littlefield and Red River Street, Austin, TX 78712
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
About the Artists
A native of San Antonio, Texas, painter Marta Sánchez is deeply inspired by traditional Mexican folk art expressions. She is recognized primarily for her retablo paintings, an offspring of traditional Mexican prayer paintings. Sánchez is the co-author of Transcendental Train Yard, with Norma E. Cantú, a book that pairs her artwork with Cantú's poetry.
Liliana Wilson was born in Valparaíso, Chile. She studied law at the Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile. In 1977, she visited the United States and subsequently settled in Austin. Her artwork is featured in the volume Ofrenda: Liliana Wilson's Art of Dissidence and Dreams, edited by Cantú.
The exhibition Historias/Viajes runs from April 14 through July 15, 2016.
BENSON LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 1 • Clyde Littlefield and Red River Street, Austin, TX 78712
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
