Welcome to our virtual exhibition! Creating Art in Times of Pandemic & Resistance was born out of necessity. We wanted to create a registry where we could showcase the work of local artists that have been creating during these challenging times.
Not only has a global pandemic hit our lives, but there has also been an awakening after the killing of George Floyd and other members of the Black and Latinx communities. People have started to protest police brutality, demand restorations and fight for equity and the end of systemic racism in the United States.
In light of these events, we are always curious about how artists keep creating, how the current events have affected their practice, and what message and dreams they have for the future.
This exhibition is divided into 3 parts: one is the online exhibition here at La Peña’s website; the second part is an in-person exhibition at La Peña Gallery on Congress Avenue (you can visit by appointment); and the third part is a series of video interviews that will be published for the duration of the exhibit.
We hope this exhibition is the foundation of an online registry of local established and emerging artists.
I would like to express my gratitud to La Peña for their efforts on keeping the community together and always fighting for the social issues. A big thanks Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler for conducting a series of wonderful interviews with the artists, we will be sharing those soon.
Fernando Muñoz
Curator, La Peña
Not only has a global pandemic hit our lives, but there has also been an awakening after the killing of George Floyd and other members of the Black and Latinx communities. People have started to protest police brutality, demand restorations and fight for equity and the end of systemic racism in the United States.
In light of these events, we are always curious about how artists keep creating, how the current events have affected their practice, and what message and dreams they have for the future.
This exhibition is divided into 3 parts: one is the online exhibition here at La Peña’s website; the second part is an in-person exhibition at La Peña Gallery on Congress Avenue (you can visit by appointment); and the third part is a series of video interviews that will be published for the duration of the exhibit.
We hope this exhibition is the foundation of an online registry of local established and emerging artists.
I would like to express my gratitud to La Peña for their efforts on keeping the community together and always fighting for the social issues. A big thanks Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler for conducting a series of wonderful interviews with the artists, we will be sharing those soon.
Fernando Muñoz
Curator, La Peña
Alondra Acosta
Creating Art That Awakens Your Soul
"My artistic name is AGAM. My purpose is to create consciousness through my art. Hoping that the seed of the truth will blossom as you see, observe, and feel my art with all your senses."
Artwork:
Truth vs Malice, 2020
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches
$4,000 framed
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @inmortalsouls
E-mail: inmortalsoulsagam@gmail.com
"My artistic name is AGAM. My purpose is to create consciousness through my art. Hoping that the seed of the truth will blossom as you see, observe, and feel my art with all your senses."
Artwork:
Truth vs Malice, 2020
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches
$4,000 framed
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @inmortalsouls
E-mail: inmortalsoulsagam@gmail.com
J.C. Amorrortu
"Art to not only please the senses but also to make you think and question everything."
Born in Lima-Peru moved to Austin, Texas on December 21st, 2000. J.C. is a firm believer that every artist should develop their technical abilities, but also their conceptual ones. Art is very powerful and it should not only please or disturb your eyes but also communicate a message. J.C. is a traditionally trained artist in a variety of mediums whose goal is to connect the traditional and the modern to reach a better future.
Artwork:
Bully, 2020
Conté on paper, 18 x 24 inches
$300 framed - SOLD
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/jcamorrortu
Instagram: @observ_er
E-mail: jcamorrortu@gmail.com
Born in Lima-Peru moved to Austin, Texas on December 21st, 2000. J.C. is a firm believer that every artist should develop their technical abilities, but also their conceptual ones. Art is very powerful and it should not only please or disturb your eyes but also communicate a message. J.C. is a traditionally trained artist in a variety of mediums whose goal is to connect the traditional and the modern to reach a better future.
Artwork:
Bully, 2020
Conté on paper, 18 x 24 inches
$300 framed - SOLD
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/jcamorrortu
Instagram: @observ_er
E-mail: jcamorrortu@gmail.com
Ana Borne
Mantenganos Sanos / Keep Us Healthy
Mixed-media shrine made with Altoid tin, handmade paper, gold leaf pressing technique with milagros, gold paint trim Size: 3"x 4" 2020 NFS |
Escuchas Nuestras Oraciones / Hear Our Prayers
Mixed-media shrine made with wooden box, praying milagro, image of Virgen de Guadalupe, handmade papers, rickrack Size: 4"x6" 2020 $75 - SOLD |
My life journey continues to take me down new and interesting creative paths. Born in Guatemala to a family of folk artists I’ve always been a maker of things. Whether as a simple form of expression or a detailed composition, I’ve tried to capture moments in time that evoke a strong feeling. My work is mostly representational and inspired by nature and by my reaction to current local and world events. Utilizing a wide range of materials I enjoy experimenting and incorporating various techniques in my pieces. Collaborating with other artists on public art projects has also been extremely rewarding.
But most importantly, as I mature as an artist and human being I feel a growing sense of urgency and responsibility to use my art to bring attention to important issues in the world and to be a voice for victims and survivors of abuse, violence and injustices. I also stand in solidarity with advocates, both young and old, around the world bringing attention to the global environmental crisis we’re facing.
Currently I teach art classes at The Contemporary’s Art School at Laguna Gloria and continue to explore the world of mixed-media, collage, jewelry fabrication, painting and printmaking.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.AuraVioleta.com
Instagram: @acborne
E-mail: ana.borne@yahoo.com
But most importantly, as I mature as an artist and human being I feel a growing sense of urgency and responsibility to use my art to bring attention to important issues in the world and to be a voice for victims and survivors of abuse, violence and injustices. I also stand in solidarity with advocates, both young and old, around the world bringing attention to the global environmental crisis we’re facing.
Currently I teach art classes at The Contemporary’s Art School at Laguna Gloria and continue to explore the world of mixed-media, collage, jewelry fabrication, painting and printmaking.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.AuraVioleta.com
Instagram: @acborne
E-mail: ana.borne@yahoo.com
Constanza Cameron
Artwork:
Unapologetically Myself, 2020 Mixed media, 9 x 12 inches $50 framed |
Artwork:
I don't need your approval, 2020 Mixed media, 9 x 12 inches $50 framed |
Durning this pandemic, I had the chance to sit with some discomfort. This feeling was rooted on the different expectations that I, as a woman, have experienced through out my life. Most of those expectations fall into a dichotomy, where I feel very empower, yet I shrink into a version of womanhood that is obsolete (or so I want to think). In this series I wanted to share some of the rawness, the conflict and beauty of being a woman.
Constanza was born in Santiago, Chile. She moved to the U.S ten years ago, and it has been the place from where she has evolved as an artist.
Her paintings come from a sense of wonderment and exploration of the deeper layers of the subconscious. The concept is expressed by the artist as non-representational art, abstracts and illustrations.
She is a phsycology student and she is looking forward to combine her studies of human behavior with her art.
Contact Artist:
E-mail: conytavi.va@gmail.com
Instagram: @constanza_cameron
Constanza was born in Santiago, Chile. She moved to the U.S ten years ago, and it has been the place from where she has evolved as an artist.
Her paintings come from a sense of wonderment and exploration of the deeper layers of the subconscious. The concept is expressed by the artist as non-representational art, abstracts and illustrations.
She is a phsycology student and she is looking forward to combine her studies of human behavior with her art.
Contact Artist:
E-mail: conytavi.va@gmail.com
Instagram: @constanza_cameron
Stuart Cameron
BAILARINA
30 x 40 Mixed media $850 The poem Bailarina by Gabriela Mistral speaks of losing oneself, one's story, history and identity. During these very unique times, it has been a struggle for many of us to look at our reflection and confront who we were and who we might become. LA BAILARINA La bailarina está ahora danzando La danza del perder cuanto tenía. Deja caer todo lo que ella había, Padres y hermanos, huertos y campiñas, El rumor de su río, los caminos, El cuento de su hogar, su propio rostro Y su nombre y los juegos de su infancia Como quien deja todo lo que tuvo Caer de cuello, de seno y de alma (The ballerina is now dancing The dance of losing all she had. She lets fall everything she owned, Parents and brothers, orchards and fields, The sound of her river, the roads, The story of her home, her own face And her name, and the games of her childhood As if everything she had she let Fall from neck, bosom and soul). |
TRANSFIGURATION
36 x 50 Mixed media $1100 During this pandemic there have been so many questions and doubts. For many of us, sheltering in place has forced us to see our world in a new way, and reflect on our personal lives. The hope is that through the trauma and great challenges, our lives will be transformed into something more simple and beautiful. "I grew up with drawing and painting as a companion and an escape. Because I grew up with a mother from Mexico, and living in several different countries, I was exposed to different cultures and art at a young age. In college I received a BFA with an emphasis in graphic design and spent most of my career in design and brand development. But painting was always the best way for me to process and express emotions and thoughts. My paintings are influenced by design and the different cultures I grew up in."
Contact Artist: Website: www.stuartcameron.art Instagram: @sacameron6 E-mail: stuartacameron@gmail.com |
The Death Head
As an artist, I’m trying to recreate images that have no logic. These images are full of mystery and sometimes impossible to understand. Their actions are playful and satirical. They ridicule and confuse the viewer. They are a parody of human rules and explain to the viewer that nothing should be taken seriously.
They explain that we are no longer in the physical world. My subjects and protagonists are experiencing a grotesque metamorphosis and are shapeshifting. Their faces are transforming into animal skulls and are often showing animal characteristics as well. This begins to live in constant duality, where they live and die, they are human and animal, nature and void, light and matter.
Artwork:
Roger Rabitt
Ink and maker, on paper
11in x 17in
$250
Contact Artist:
Website: thedeathhead.bigcartel.com
Instagram: @thedeathhead
E-mail: the.death.head@gmail.com
They explain that we are no longer in the physical world. My subjects and protagonists are experiencing a grotesque metamorphosis and are shapeshifting. Their faces are transforming into animal skulls and are often showing animal characteristics as well. This begins to live in constant duality, where they live and die, they are human and animal, nature and void, light and matter.
Artwork:
Roger Rabitt
Ink and maker, on paper
11in x 17in
$250
Contact Artist:
Website: thedeathhead.bigcartel.com
Instagram: @thedeathhead
E-mail: the.death.head@gmail.com
Naxieli Gomez
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"My work is an exploration of the quiddity of the form, textures, and colors of the ingredients of Mexican cuisine. During my work process, I transport myself to my childhood, to the flavors, and the chanting sounds of the Zapotec language at my grandmother's house in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec."
Naxieli, or 'Nax' as she is known, was born and raised in Mexico City. The daughter of a Zapotec Indian woman and a classical guitar player, Naxieli grew up surrounded by art and deeply connected to her Zapotec roots. She graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México with a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. Later she got her Master’s degree in Fine Art by the UNAM. She’s the Co-founder of Design Diseño New York, a small design studio in the West Village, New York. Nax currently lives in Austin, TX with her son and three cats, where she works as an Art Director of a Technology company and makes art whenever she gets a chance. Her paintings are representations of food as a connection to her home and family. Artwork: Fig/Higo Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches $1200 Contact Artist: Website: naxfineart.com Instagram: @naxdesign E-mail: naxieli@gmail.com |
Ambray Gonzales
San Antonio-50’s-70’s-- a BIPOC youth living in a lower income barrio, Ambray was termed ‘at risk’. Art, education, and books changed her world. They were the tools which opened the doors for her and taught her how to: envision a world of more…to rise above existing racism she’d experienced… to strive and excel in whatever artistic capacity available with a spirit and heart connection.
Having experienced the change that Art brought her life; she has worked for nearly 50 years in community outreach to families and youth through art and outreach programming (first as a participant, and then as a teacher). She has been working as a Youth Program Specialist for the Austin Public Library for the past 17 years; with her primary focus on Cultural Programming (because at its’ roots it is about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion).
"There must be recognition that BIPOC are even more so ‘at risk’ today; with education, jobs, health, services, etc… being threatened by Covid19--- as well as the social injustice that has always existed. We all have the commonality of “Humanity’, and we are all deserving of humane treatment. Without it the ideals of ‘US’ deteriorates. Uncalled for violence is NON-ACCEPTABLE. It is time to speak up."
Artwork:
Deterioration of US, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
$350
Contact Artist:
E-mail: ambray.gonzales@austintexas.gov
Having experienced the change that Art brought her life; she has worked for nearly 50 years in community outreach to families and youth through art and outreach programming (first as a participant, and then as a teacher). She has been working as a Youth Program Specialist for the Austin Public Library for the past 17 years; with her primary focus on Cultural Programming (because at its’ roots it is about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion).
"There must be recognition that BIPOC are even more so ‘at risk’ today; with education, jobs, health, services, etc… being threatened by Covid19--- as well as the social injustice that has always existed. We all have the commonality of “Humanity’, and we are all deserving of humane treatment. Without it the ideals of ‘US’ deteriorates. Uncalled for violence is NON-ACCEPTABLE. It is time to speak up."
Artwork:
Deterioration of US, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
$350
Contact Artist:
E-mail: ambray.gonzales@austintexas.gov
Suzy Gonzalez
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Artwork:
Calabaza, 2020 Acrylic and corn husks on panel, 12 x 8 inches $250 |
Artwork:
Frijoles, 2020 Acrylic and corn husks on panel, 12 x7 inches NFS |
What are the good things that have come out of this year? I am delighted by the amount of people who are finding home in their continued or newborn interest in plants. We each have a connection to plants, but if it has been lost, we are always able to find it again–to remember. Every culture has ties to plant food medicine that has helped us thrive for generations. Having a conscious relationship with the earth allows us to reconnect and to recall that she gives us life, and to care for her in return. These paintings are dedicated to those who are feeling a need to instinctively put their hands in the dirt in times of struggle, to embrace plant medicine, and to know where their food comes from. Gardening, a natural act of harmonizing with the land, is now seen as a radical action. It encourages new economies, plant based consumption, spiritual reclamation, and compassion for our planet. Nuestra Madre Tierra sees us, welcomes us, and acknowledges our actions and our growth as we reclaim this knowledge, opening doors for compassion and healing in this world of destruction.
Contact Artist:
E-mail: suzy@suzygonzalez.com
Instagram: @soozgonzalez
Website: suzygonzalez.com
Contact Artist:
E-mail: suzy@suzygonzalez.com
Instagram: @soozgonzalez
Website: suzygonzalez.com
Susan Holland
Embedded Systemic Racism (40 x40 inches)
(Quilt pattern source: Rings that Bind by Cheryl Philippe and Linda Pyst)
I made It during lockdown with materials I had in the house: a second-hand print fabric my mom had given me, an old sheet, and a repurposed mattress pad. I had been sewing face masks for people and wanted to keep sewing to fill time and avoid stressing over media and social media pandemic reports.
In March and April, I worked on this quilt. When I had 4 blocks part way constructed, I took a work-in-progress photo. The design is supposed to look like a traditional double wedding ring quilt. I could see in the photo that the design was going wrong. If I followed the technique, with the fabric I had, there were going to be X’s that reminded me of confederate flags on the quilt top. I tried rotating the design to get rid of that X element, without success.
I didn’t know if other people looking at it would see that flag in the design, but I couldn’t unsee it. I thought I would probably end up with a quilt I wouldn’t want anyone to see, but I didn’t want to stop sewing. I couldn’t go buy different fabric without requiring other people putting themselves at risk. I decided to go on with following the quilt directions as written, with materials I had, hoping the ring element would be stronger than the X’s once I had all the blocks assembled.
I finished the quilt April 20 and took another photo. The flag motif was even stronger than I anticipated. I had even reinforced it with extra stitching I did. A quilt with 24 confederate flags. Feeling dismay, I folded the quilt up and shoved it into a cabinet.
(Quilt pattern source: Rings that Bind by Cheryl Philippe and Linda Pyst)
I made It during lockdown with materials I had in the house: a second-hand print fabric my mom had given me, an old sheet, and a repurposed mattress pad. I had been sewing face masks for people and wanted to keep sewing to fill time and avoid stressing over media and social media pandemic reports.
In March and April, I worked on this quilt. When I had 4 blocks part way constructed, I took a work-in-progress photo. The design is supposed to look like a traditional double wedding ring quilt. I could see in the photo that the design was going wrong. If I followed the technique, with the fabric I had, there were going to be X’s that reminded me of confederate flags on the quilt top. I tried rotating the design to get rid of that X element, without success.
I didn’t know if other people looking at it would see that flag in the design, but I couldn’t unsee it. I thought I would probably end up with a quilt I wouldn’t want anyone to see, but I didn’t want to stop sewing. I couldn’t go buy different fabric without requiring other people putting themselves at risk. I decided to go on with following the quilt directions as written, with materials I had, hoping the ring element would be stronger than the X’s once I had all the blocks assembled.
I finished the quilt April 20 and took another photo. The flag motif was even stronger than I anticipated. I had even reinforced it with extra stitching I did. A quilt with 24 confederate flags. Feeling dismay, I folded the quilt up and shoved it into a cabinet.
Carlos Lowry
Adela, 2019
Adela Velarde Pérez (1900-71), a Mexican revolutionary, celebrated in the corridos “La charrita” and “Adelita.” Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 48 inches. $1,200 |
Valentina, 2019
Valentina Ramirez Avitia (1893-1979) was a Mexican revolutionary who inspired the corrido "La Valentina" Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 48 inches $1,200 |
As artists during this pandemic, we see a global crisis. Our connections have no borders. Our vulnerabilities are made worse by inequality and incompetence. We need to strengthen our communities in order to survive and we can do that with our creative talents.
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @carlitoslow
Flickr: Carlos Lowry
E-mail: carlos@nuevoanden.com
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @carlitoslow
Flickr: Carlos Lowry
E-mail: carlos@nuevoanden.com
Felicia Morin
In a search for wisdom during this pandemic, my art reflects feelings of isolation and anxiety about the future. By creating art, practicing spirituality, I enjoy capturing life’s messages. Some symbols reflect time and a collapse. Others speak about the transformation of humanity, nature, and the universe.
"As an artist, I create images from my dreams and imagination, inner realms, and nature. Growing up in South Texas, my journey started as a child instinctively drawing. Later, I received a BFA. Along the way, my art has blended concepts from surrealism, mysticism to ancient cultures. Some times channeling my intuition. I produce with multiple mediums such as water-based paints, pencils, and pens.”
Artwork:
Foreshadowing Reality, 2020
Acrylic on wood, 16 x 20 inches.
$400 (framed)
Contact Artist:
www.feliciamorin.com
Instagram: @felicidad_99
E-mail: felicia.morin.86@gmail.com
"As an artist, I create images from my dreams and imagination, inner realms, and nature. Growing up in South Texas, my journey started as a child instinctively drawing. Later, I received a BFA. Along the way, my art has blended concepts from surrealism, mysticism to ancient cultures. Some times channeling my intuition. I produce with multiple mediums such as water-based paints, pencils, and pens.”
Artwork:
Foreshadowing Reality, 2020
Acrylic on wood, 16 x 20 inches.
$400 (framed)
Contact Artist:
www.feliciamorin.com
Instagram: @felicidad_99
E-mail: felicia.morin.86@gmail.com
Andrew Morris
American Nuckelavee is a surrealist reinterpretation of the Scottish Mythological monster. On the surface the creature featured in the painting is a violent distortion of a police officer and a police horse. But at its core it is also about the overwhelming sense of chaos and brutality I was feeling at the time because of societal collapse as a result of COVID. The Nuckelavees vacant expression I felt was a way to express the idea of police as a force of state sanctioned violence and oppression rather than protectors of communities.
Artwork:
American Nuckelavee, 2020
Digital Painting, 20 x 16 inches
$250
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @redcoyote_art
E-mail: andrew.morris.ruiz89@gmail.com
Artwork:
American Nuckelavee, 2020
Digital Painting, 20 x 16 inches
$250
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @redcoyote_art
E-mail: andrew.morris.ruiz89@gmail.com
Fernando Muñoz
“My art is a reflection on dreams and memories, creating surrealistic portraits full of lines, intricate patterns, and objects that interact with each presenting to the viewer not only the subject but also a glimpse of what’s inside their minds. Often colorful my art tends to have open interpretations.”
The global pandemic has hit our lives in ways we didn't imagine before all this started, our spaces for art have been reduced to a screen and the ocassional "Zoom" reunion. The art itself has been transformed and sometimes seems pointless or not important. I believe is quite the contrary, now more than ever is important to create art, art that protest, art that denounces and art that creates hope.
Artwork:
Inception, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
$1,250
Contact Artist:
www.fernando-munoz.com
Instagram: @energyacreativa
E-mail: energyacreativa@gmail.com
The global pandemic has hit our lives in ways we didn't imagine before all this started, our spaces for art have been reduced to a screen and the ocassional "Zoom" reunion. The art itself has been transformed and sometimes seems pointless or not important. I believe is quite the contrary, now more than ever is important to create art, art that protest, art that denounces and art that creates hope.
Artwork:
Inception, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
$1,250
Contact Artist:
www.fernando-munoz.com
Instagram: @energyacreativa
E-mail: energyacreativa@gmail.com
Maia Muñoz
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Maia Muñoz is a young artist from Austin, Texas. "I like art because it gives me the freedom to express myself, I like digital art amd watercolor." I remember reading about poppies and their meaning, they represent remembrance and hope, I feel during these times poppies give me hope for a better future. Artwork: Red Poppies, 2020 Watercolor and ink, 5 x 7 inches NFS Contact Artist: Instagram: @arttryl |
Angela Navarro
There is comfort on the repetition of patterns and color that has always sparked a great deal of interest in me. The impression on the subconscious of colors and shapes becoming one of my passions.
At the core of my work there is a pursuit on the use of color and its intricacies. I am engrossed by the creation of complex tonalities and how to arrange them together, maintaining harmony while combining contrasting silhouettes.
I work with nature inspired shapes, lines and textures building layer upon layer on the canvas. Like an internal dialogue between me and my psyche.
The motives inside my paintings are routed into daily events and anecdotes. Mostly, using nature as a vehicle for introspection at the service of the representation of thought processes, rather than nature itself. Nature being the anecdote and the formal elements of the artwork, such as composition, color, textures and lines being at the core of narrative of the piece.
Artwork:
WHEN YOU ARE A BIRD THAT CAN'T LEAVE THE TREE #2, 2020
Mixed media, 24 X 36 inches
$875
Contact Artist:
Website: www.angelanavarroart.com
Instagram @angelanavarroart / FB: facebook.com/AngelaNavarroArt
E-mail: angelanavarroart@gmail.com
At the core of my work there is a pursuit on the use of color and its intricacies. I am engrossed by the creation of complex tonalities and how to arrange them together, maintaining harmony while combining contrasting silhouettes.
I work with nature inspired shapes, lines and textures building layer upon layer on the canvas. Like an internal dialogue between me and my psyche.
The motives inside my paintings are routed into daily events and anecdotes. Mostly, using nature as a vehicle for introspection at the service of the representation of thought processes, rather than nature itself. Nature being the anecdote and the formal elements of the artwork, such as composition, color, textures and lines being at the core of narrative of the piece.
Artwork:
WHEN YOU ARE A BIRD THAT CAN'T LEAVE THE TREE #2, 2020
Mixed media, 24 X 36 inches
$875
Contact Artist:
Website: www.angelanavarroart.com
Instagram @angelanavarroart / FB: facebook.com/AngelaNavarroArt
E-mail: angelanavarroart@gmail.com
Kelly Daniela Norris
"As artists, we are frequently on call to interrogate, disrupt, harmonize, or aestheticize the complexities of existence, particularly during times of crisis, particularly when the stakes of that crisis demand it. But art can also serve as a breather. As a momentary reminder that sometimes we need a spare moment to see some lightness, some humor, some absurdity before hiking up one's skirt to return to the fight."
Kelly Daniela Norris is a Mexican-American filmmaker and co-founder of Rasquaché Film Productions. She shot her first feature, Sombras de Azul, on-location in Cuba, weaving together memory, travelogue, and narrative as a tribute to her late brother. Her 2nd feature, Nakom, was shot on-location in a remote farming village in northeastern Ghana. Nakom premiered at Berlinale in 2016, and was nominated for a 2017 Film Independent Spirit Award.
When sans camera, she collages using old photographs and discarded materials.
Contact Artist:
Webpage: https://www.kellydanielanorris.com/
Youtube: Avant Garble
Instagram: @beatchik
Kelly Daniela Norris is a Mexican-American filmmaker and co-founder of Rasquaché Film Productions. She shot her first feature, Sombras de Azul, on-location in Cuba, weaving together memory, travelogue, and narrative as a tribute to her late brother. Her 2nd feature, Nakom, was shot on-location in a remote farming village in northeastern Ghana. Nakom premiered at Berlinale in 2016, and was nominated for a 2017 Film Independent Spirit Award.
When sans camera, she collages using old photographs and discarded materials.
Contact Artist:
Webpage: https://www.kellydanielanorris.com/
Youtube: Avant Garble
Instagram: @beatchik
Verónica Ortegón
Artwork:
La Soldadera Original Digital Art, print #1, 20 X 17 inches $500 |
Artwork:
Cat Dances With Flowering Plant Watercolor, 21 X 16 inches $600 |
"My husband and I are very serious about protecting ourselves and our community from this deadly virus. We stay home, venturing outside only for doctor visits or grocery shopping, wearing masks, and rigorous hand washing. We stay in contact with family and friends thru social media and phone conversations. We pray that our medical providers can bring an end to this devasting disease as soon as possible."
Raised in Laredo, Texas I had a typical “border girl” childhood. I graduated with a BFA degree from Texas A&I University in Kingsville. University life was a wonderful experience in the fine arts: painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and art history. It was a very creative and fulfilling time.
Before retirment my professional work included advertising art, teaching art in public schools, and as a graphic designer for state agencies creating publications, posters, logo designs, and web graphics.
My personal creative work is with oils on canvas, watercolor, and computer digital art. I am a member of the Austin Creative Art Society thru which I have displayed oils, watercolors, and photography at many venues throughout Austin.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/veronica.ortegon1
E-mail: veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com
Raised in Laredo, Texas I had a typical “border girl” childhood. I graduated with a BFA degree from Texas A&I University in Kingsville. University life was a wonderful experience in the fine arts: painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and art history. It was a very creative and fulfilling time.
Before retirment my professional work included advertising art, teaching art in public schools, and as a graphic designer for state agencies creating publications, posters, logo designs, and web graphics.
My personal creative work is with oils on canvas, watercolor, and computer digital art. I am a member of the Austin Creative Art Society thru which I have displayed oils, watercolors, and photography at many venues throughout Austin.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/veronica.ortegon1
E-mail: veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com
Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler
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"My work deals with the relationship between human beings and nature. Like so many of us, I constantly try to replicate nature and be at one with it. My art arises when I inevitably come up short in that endeavor."
Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler is an artist born and raised in central Texas. She is currently a junior at Smith College, where she is studying for a degree in studio art and cultural anthropology. She enjoys writing, painting, and working on her family’s ranch in Dripping Springs. As of this spring, she is the new project coordinator and intern for La Peña. Her first project was the collaborative exhibit between La Peña and Sanchez and Metz elementary.
Contact Artist:
Website: https://sandrapomeleofowler.wordpress.com/
E-mail: sandrapomeleofowler@gmail.com
Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler is an artist born and raised in central Texas. She is currently a junior at Smith College, where she is studying for a degree in studio art and cultural anthropology. She enjoys writing, painting, and working on her family’s ranch in Dripping Springs. As of this spring, she is the new project coordinator and intern for La Peña. Her first project was the collaborative exhibit between La Peña and Sanchez and Metz elementary.
Contact Artist:
Website: https://sandrapomeleofowler.wordpress.com/
E-mail: sandrapomeleofowler@gmail.com
La Printería
I Can't Breathe
by Carlos Barberena (Chicago) Serigraph 16x24 Prints available at La Peña |
Black Lives Matter
by Stephen (Steve) Powers (Brooklyn) Serigraph 16x24 Prints available at La Peña |
La Printería is a cultural arts social enterprise organization whose programming is based on fine art printmaking as it relates to education, practice, community, cultural preservation and economic development.
The mission is to cultivate and empower participants of all ages; especially at-risk youth ages 12-19 through arts and mentorship. La Printería will afford youth the opportunity to belong to a creative community, build life skills, and obtain technical and marketable experience. Additionally La Printeria will fill a significant void by providing artists a resource with which to continue developing their skills and a venue to show their talent and market their work.
LA PRINTERÍA founder and Director is Harvey Mireles.
Contact:
www.laprinteria.org
E-mail: info@laprinteria.org
Instagram: @laprinteria
The mission is to cultivate and empower participants of all ages; especially at-risk youth ages 12-19 through arts and mentorship. La Printería will afford youth the opportunity to belong to a creative community, build life skills, and obtain technical and marketable experience. Additionally La Printeria will fill a significant void by providing artists a resource with which to continue developing their skills and a venue to show their talent and market their work.
LA PRINTERÍA founder and Director is Harvey Mireles.
Contact:
www.laprinteria.org
E-mail: info@laprinteria.org
Instagram: @laprinteria
Deshawn Washington
“Mediums in Motion”
The essence of any Art Medium, finds its expression within the Artist. As a Disabled Multi – Cultural Representative Artist, My Intent – My personal Zeal Emotion and Purpose through my visual expression of putting simple materials together to convey a heart – felt message to the masses. My Purpose is simple - Break old rules and principles. Despite my untimely & Disabling Brain Injuries that continue to plague me till this very day – I STRIVE. To show, my drive and spirit to create and distill that constant pain into focused yet artistic energies of passionate as well as rejoiceful expressions for all walks of life to embrace. With my innate talent, gifted to the generations of Choctaw, Crowe, Irish, Scottish as well as German and lastly African Cultures that exist within my being. I endeavor to show all willing and attentive audiences my interpretation of the world around me. In doing so, my message translates to any canvas. Each piece demonstrating and defining an all - encompassing view of color from the Eyes of a “Child immersed in a world of Color - Displayed as Art.” For without Art – NONE of what we see – that exist as far as our Eyes can see, would ever exist.”
Artwork:
Lady in Waiting 4
Mixed media, palette knife and oils, 24 x 20 inches.
$1,300
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @manga_03jadakiss
Twitter: deshawn.washington@twitter.com
Facebook: @deshawnaquadeluxartlifeinpark
E-mail: gravediggermanhunteralterego@gmail.com
The essence of any Art Medium, finds its expression within the Artist. As a Disabled Multi – Cultural Representative Artist, My Intent – My personal Zeal Emotion and Purpose through my visual expression of putting simple materials together to convey a heart – felt message to the masses. My Purpose is simple - Break old rules and principles. Despite my untimely & Disabling Brain Injuries that continue to plague me till this very day – I STRIVE. To show, my drive and spirit to create and distill that constant pain into focused yet artistic energies of passionate as well as rejoiceful expressions for all walks of life to embrace. With my innate talent, gifted to the generations of Choctaw, Crowe, Irish, Scottish as well as German and lastly African Cultures that exist within my being. I endeavor to show all willing and attentive audiences my interpretation of the world around me. In doing so, my message translates to any canvas. Each piece demonstrating and defining an all - encompassing view of color from the Eyes of a “Child immersed in a world of Color - Displayed as Art.” For without Art – NONE of what we see – that exist as far as our Eyes can see, would ever exist.”
Artwork:
Lady in Waiting 4
Mixed media, palette knife and oils, 24 x 20 inches.
$1,300
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @manga_03jadakiss
Twitter: deshawn.washington@twitter.com
Facebook: @deshawnaquadeluxartlifeinpark
E-mail: gravediggermanhunteralterego@gmail.com
Liliana Wilson
Artwork:
El viaje, 2020 Color pencil, acrylic and ink on paper 10 H” by 10 “W $600 |
Artwork:
Niña y violin, 2020 Color pencil, acrylic and ink on paper 24 and 1/2”H by 20” W $1,700 |
“El viaje” This piece is about being in the pandemia, not knowing what is coming also this situation is confronting us with our mortality and there we go alone. At the same time because it is so difficult what we are going through, I wanted as an artist to make it as beautiful as possible I would like to offer a little hope by having a vast horizon meaning many possibilities in this journey.
“Girl and violin”
This drawing is about the connection between the girl and the universe behind her. Again in these difficult times I would like to offer some solace from the political, economic, health struggles that are affecting all of us.
Contact Artist:
www.lilianawilson.com
E-mail: lilianawilson@earthlink.com
“Girl and violin”
This drawing is about the connection between the girl and the universe behind her. Again in these difficult times I would like to offer some solace from the political, economic, health struggles that are affecting all of us.
Contact Artist:
www.lilianawilson.com
E-mail: lilianawilson@earthlink.com
Wolf Garden
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Wolf Garden is an ex meditation instructor. He creates meaningful spiritual & self-discovery fine art. Each piece is designed to
empower the individual who looks at it.
“The Storm”
Desert at night. Fear and peace ravish each other. The ceremony begins. Colors speaking. Native silence. Painting inspired by the current social energies, and a recent trip to the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Poem written after meditating in the desert one night. (red mountains).
Artwork:
The Storm, 2020
Oil, ink, and cabernet sauvignon, 40 x 30 inches
$950
(Detail pictures)
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @wolfgardenofficial
Emai: wolfgardenartist@gmail.com
empower the individual who looks at it.
“The Storm”
Desert at night. Fear and peace ravish each other. The ceremony begins. Colors speaking. Native silence. Painting inspired by the current social energies, and a recent trip to the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Poem written after meditating in the desert one night. (red mountains).
Artwork:
The Storm, 2020
Oil, ink, and cabernet sauvignon, 40 x 30 inches
$950
(Detail pictures)
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @wolfgardenofficial
Emai: wolfgardenartist@gmail.com
In Gallery Exhibition
These and other artwork from the feature artists will be exhibiting at La Peña Gallery, 227 Congress Avenue, Austin Texas 78701
If you wish to visit the Gallery, please follow these procedures:
Always wear a face covering (mask, fabric, etc)
Keep your distance (6ft when possible)
La Peña has hand sanitizer stations, but if you can bring your own hand sanitizer is recommended.
If possible call ahead to let La Peña Staff that you will be visiting.
La Peña could be busy during lunch hours (12-1pm), We are still serving Tacos.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-3pm.
If you wish to visit the Gallery, please follow these procedures:
Always wear a face covering (mask, fabric, etc)
Keep your distance (6ft when possible)
La Peña has hand sanitizer stations, but if you can bring your own hand sanitizer is recommended.
If possible call ahead to let La Peña Staff that you will be visiting.
La Peña could be busy during lunch hours (12-1pm), We are still serving Tacos.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-3pm.
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La Peña is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division and by grants from the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Texas Commission of the Arts, CoYoTe Phoenix, and an award from the National Endowment on the Arts, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
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