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Mestisaje: Ancient
Knowledge, detail from
a pano by Walter Baca |
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October
3 - November 3
Panel
and Performance Night:
Thursday, October 12
Panel Discussion: 5:30pm
Music and Poetry: Lo Maduro de la Cultura, 7:00 pm
Open
for Artscrawl:
October 20, 5-9pm
Closing
Reception with Día de los Muertos Celebration:
Thursday,
November 2, 6-9pm
Music by La Rondalla de el Museo de Albuquerque and special
guests
Dedication: 6:15 pm
Procession with giant puppets: 6:30 pm. Come in costume!
This
exhibit is en memoria de Walter Baca - 1947-1993
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local focus show curated by Guest Curator Delilah Montoya is
held in conjunction with the grand opening of the National Hispanic
Cultural Center. The show presents the work of the Nuevomexicano,
a subculture in the twenty-first century, and features an array
of work by local New Mexican artists including Teresa Archuleta,
Francisco LeFebre, Pola Lopez, Lydia Madrid, Gloria Maya, Francis
Rivera, Pedro Romero, Fredrico Vigil, and PAZ. The exhibit includes
an ofrenda by the group MEZCLA (Xilo Garcia, Oscar Lozoya, Delilah
Montoya, Bernadette Rodriguez, Patricio Trujillo Tlacaelel, and
Mike 3sixty). The show is en memoria de Walter Baca (1947-1993),
who is credited with engendering Chicano themes into the paño
folk art tradition. |
Ofrenda by MEZCLA |
Left to right: Pedro Romero Sedeno,
Chicano Doll and False Idol #1;
Francis Rivera, Midway and ICU. |
| Panel
and Performance Night (Thursday,
October 12, 5:30pm): In honor of Día de la Raza,
Curator Delilah Montoya and several of the artists in the show
will discuss Chicano arts issues with the public. Día
de la Raza, or "Day of the Race," celebrates
the mixture of people, races, and cultures of the Americas and
their tenacity of spirit. The panel discussion will be followed
by a performance of music and poetry presented as part of the
Albuquerque Museum's performance series called Lo Maduro
de la Cultura. |
| Día
de los Muertos Celebration (Thursday, November 2, 6-9pm): This
closing reception for the exhibition is a free community celebration
featuring live music, traditional foods, costumes, and fun for
the whole family. Día de los Muertos (Day
of the Dead) is a holiday for remembering and honoring the dead.
On this day, the living reach out by offering the deceased something
that was enjoyed during life. Día de los Muertos has also
become a means of cultural and artistic expression for the Latino
community. |
| Read an Albuquerque Tribune article
about the exhibit |
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This program is held
in conjunction with the opening of the National Hispanic Cultural
Center of New Mexico and in celebration of National Hispanic
Heritage Month. It has been made possible in part by The City
of Albuquerque's Department of Cultural Services and Urban Enhancement
Trust Fund, The FUNd at Albuquerque Community Foundation, and
the Albuquerque Museum. |
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