Save the Date May 17, 2014 for Mexic-Arte Museum Gala del Museo 30th Anniversary!
Gala del Museo is an elegant fundraising event that reminisces the past and recognizes our present accomplishments in visual art and culture. The event benefits Mexic-Arte Museum’s exhibition and education programs. Join us as we celebrate thirty years in Austin with critically acclaimed exhibitions, exemplary education programs, exciting cultural events, and a growing permanent collection. Gala del Museo will take place at the elegant Four Seasons featuring music, exquisite cuisine, and distinguished guests on Sunday, May 17, 2014 with a cocktail reception at 5:00 p.m. and dinner and event starting at 6:00 p.m. Sponsorships/ Table Sales are available ranging from $3000 to $25,000 and individual tickets at $300. For more information please call 512-480-9373 or visit: www.mexic-artemuseum.org Image: 2014 Co-Chairs Gala del Museo David Garza and Laurel Prats
Mexic-Arte Museum Welcomes Four New Members Christina Corona, Vicki Eidman, Irma Hampton and Lance Avery Morgan to the Board of Directors.
Christina Coronais a technical program manager professional (PMP) with Freescale Semiconductor. Her 20 years of engineering experience at Freescale/Motorola ranges from reliability, quality, and assembly/test of semiconductors, including several publications in IC packaging journals and symposiums.Upon completion of her MBA from UT-Austin, her focus has been on technical program management and improving business processes supporting new product introductions. While a young student she was told girls were not supposed to be good in math. Early STEM programs, great teachers and a supportive family fueled her to be a first generation college graduate with a BS in Mathematics from St Edward’s University. As a native Austinite with multi-generational ties to the community, she is passionate about improving the quality of life for all socioeconomic backgrounds.
Vicki Eidman is a graduate from The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently serving on The University of Texas Advisory Board for The College of Human Ecology and member of the UT Fashion Mentors program. Also she is a Seton Development Board member, a member of Women's Symphony League of Austin, and a member of the Helping Hand Home for Children and Austin Lawyers' Auxiliary. She has served as the Past President of the Austin Lawyers' Auxiliary, The Junior Austin Woman's Club and the Junior League of Austin, Christmas Affair Vice Chairman, Past Ballet Austin Board Member and Heritage Society of Austin Board Member.
Irma Hampton is a Managing Partner for Atlantic Capital Advisors. She moved to Austin from Arkansas in 1985. In Arkansas, she was an active member of the Arkansas Arts Center. In Austin she supports the Austin Chamber of Commerce, eWomennetwork, the Austin Humane Society and Austin Pets Alive.
Lance Avery Morganis a 5th generation Texan and loves embracing the cultural world around him. From his track record in Los Angeles in the entertainment industry to his return to Texas and creating media entities Brilliant magazine, The Society Chronicles.com and most recently, The Society Dairies print and digital properties, Morgan celebrates and inspires with his media and social chronicling connectivity talents.
We warmly welcome our new Board Members and thank them for choosing and supporting Mexic-Arte Museum.
Sylvia Orozco Executive Director
News
Thank you to Union Pacific & 3M Austin!
This month, Mexic-Arte Museum received support from several vital sponsors. The Union Pacific Foundation awarded the Museum $8,000 to support Screen It!: Austin in Motion, an art education program that focuses on locomotives and how they shaped the past, present, and future of Latin America. Funding will sponsor during and after-school art classes for 150 students ages 7-13. Additionally, 3M Austin has contributed $6,000 towards outreach for the Screen It! educational program, and $4,194 value for six outdoor banners advertising Mexic-Arte’s upcoming exhibits. Thank you so much!
Amplify Austin: I Live Here, I Give Here.
We are also pleased to announce that the Museum will participate in Amplify Austin: I Live Here, I Give Here. Proceeds will go towards our Screen It! Summer Program, which will allow the Museum to host workshops on Saturdays. You can supports us online at https://amplifyatx.ilivehereigivehere.org by searching for "Mexic-Arte Museum" and clicking "Donate Now". You can donate beginning now and up until March 21th at 6pm!
Welcome to New Staff
Please welcome Caity Shaffer, Mexic-Arte Museum's Development Associate. Caity has experience in raising funds for nonprofit organizations devoted to the arts and art history, including Philadelphia Society for Preservation and Moonstone Arts Center, where she managed and wrote material for over 500 cultural events. Caity is also a fan of Tejano music, especially Lydia Mendoza, the “The Lark of the Border".
Meet our new Education Associate Olivia Tamzarian. Olivia graduated from Bard College with a triple concentration in Art History, Anthropology, and Latin American Studies, and from Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico. She has directed over 500 teenagers in international study abroad programs and in her free time enjoys Salsa dancing and creating visual art. She will be helping to administer our Community Youth Development grant which helps fund Screen It! classes for hundreds of underserved students, in the 78744 zip code, annually.
Image: Olivia Tamzarian; Courtesy of Austin Salsa Dance
Exhibitions
Opening Reception of Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution
Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution, the inaugural exhibition of the 2014 season opened in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin’s academic conference "Illustrating Revolution and Anarchy: Mexican Legacies of Global Change.” Internationally-renowned academic scholars, exhibiting artists, and university students filled the galleries.
The reception’s special performance by Mexican cabaret artist, Astrid Hadad, provided a stunning production, replete with elaborate costumery, robust vocalizations and provocative dance. Guests also enjoyed music by Raul Orduña y Los Trovadores and catering by Cafe Rebelde.
As the falling lights signaled the end to a night well lived, Mexic-Arte Museum enjoyed the company of new members, renewed members, and the memories of this special event. Thankfully, we also captured an album of photos at the event so that you can relive your experience at Mexic-Arte Museum, which can be foundhere. Image: Sylvia Orozco, Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez and Domino R. Perez from CMAS, Center from Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas.
Exhibitions on View
Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution January 25, 2014-February 28, 2014 & March 21– June 1, 2014
Illustrating Anarchy and Revolutionevolved from a partnership between the La Casa de El Hijo del Ahuizote Museum andThe University of Texas at Austin's Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS)academic conference "Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution: Mexican Legacies of Global Change." This survey exhibition extends the conference's thematic analysis of Mexico'sFlores Magón brothers'anarchist legacies and presents associated sociopolitical art and international ephemera referencing social, agrarian, and labor movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Image: Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution Opening Reception (from left) Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi, Diego Flores Magon Director, La Casa de El Hijo del Ahuizote Museum, and Claudia Zapata
Featured Artists include:
Jesus Barraza, Nao Bustamante, Sam Durant, Eric J. Garcia, Astrid Hadad, Ester Hernandez, Julio Salgado, Ernesto Yerena Montejano, Las Cafeteras, and works from the Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection.
Annex Gallery: Totally Cool Totally Art February 14-28, 2014
Selected works created by teen artists and produced through the Totally Cool, Totally Art (TCTA) program are on display in the Annex Gallery. Totally Cool, Totally Art (TCTA) a program of the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers free community-based arts education for teenagers who may not otherwise have such opportunities. TCTA promotes a philosophy centered on the benefits of arts education for teens and is much more than just an arts and crafts program. TCTA has taught media such as architecture, fashion design, computer animation, filmmaking, printmaking, installation, conceptual art, portraiture and urban painting. Image: Totally Cool Totally Art Opening Reception, Photo courtesy of Charise Sowells Exhibits and the store will be temporarily closed from March 1-21, 2014 for SXSW. Come by and enjoy The Strain by FX.FX's "The Strain" Offers Transformation Station "Rejuvenation Pods" to SXSW Attendees, March 7 - 10.
"Changarrito" is an art vending cart designed as an alternative to the official gallery selection presented by the Mexican cultural authorities conceptualized by artist, Maximo Gonzalez. There are multiple Changarrito carts circulating throughout the world-all with the same objective of promoting original artwork to the general public. As a live project, Changarrito is faithful to its original informal spirit and has evolved to become a forum for public programs, special curatorial projects, and individual and collective exhibitions. Local Austin artist, April Garcia was our January Changarrito artist-in-residence, and in February visiting artist Esteban del Valle was our February Changarrito artist-in-residence.
January Changarrito Artist-In-Residence: April Garcia Jan 11-12 & Jan 18-19 2014
April Garcia was born in sunny San Benito in south Texas. She was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley before moving to the capital city. Since living in Austin she enjoys being a part of the creative community and has studied media that include sculpture, and printmaking. She finds that Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois and Claes Oldenburg inspire her fabric art. Frequently you can find her behind her sewing machine creating forms inspired by natural organic shapes.
Image: April Garcia with the Changarrito.mobile gallery
February Changarrito Artist-In-Residence: Esteban del Valle
Feb 22-23, 2014
Esteban del Valle is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He completed his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009, where he received a Presidential Scholarship and the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship. Esteban has produced murals throughout various parts of the USA. In 2011, Esteban worked in Los Angles designing a set for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection Filly Brown and was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Most recently, he has just completed a 7-month fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA.
Image: Esteban del Valle live painting, 2014
Upcoming Changarrito Dates
May 3
Stephen Salazarwith Changarrito 12:00-3:00 PM
May 4
Stephen Salazar with Changarrito 12:00-3:00 PM
May 10
Stephen Salazarwith Changarrito 12:00-3:00 PM
May 11
Stephen Salazar with Changarrito 12:00-3:00 PM
Mexic-Arte Museum on the West Austin Studio Tour
(May 10-11 & May 17-18, 2014)
Big Medium is proud to present the 3rd West Austin Studio Tour! WEST is a free, self-guided tour that champions the abundance of talent within Austin’s large and wildly diverse creative community. The public is invited to discover new artistic talent, see working studios, learn about artists' tools, techniques, and inspirations, and support the arts community by building their collections and supporting local artisans.
Join us for Proletariat Day
Mexic-Arte Museum is proud to host a celebration of the working class this April 5th, 2014, as we present Proletariat Day, a day for constructing dialogue and advancing social justice alongside the reopening of our newest exhibition,Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution. From 4pm-9pm we will welcome a variety of social justice organizations to the Museum with the intent of spurring discussion of current sociopolitical questions under the banner of free art and entertainment. We invite all our members and guests to interact with representatives from varying local campaigns as they table within our walls, and each participating organization will present their mission during the Soap Box Hour from 6-7pm.
Mexic-Arte Museum will offer free admission, 10% store discounts, and half-price Individual and Family memberships beginning at 4pm. The Workers Reception will featurelive screen printing from our education program and The Edge of Imagination Station’s mobile stop motion animation lab, as well aslive music, food and refreshmentsfrom 6pm until 9pm.
For more information about Proletariat Day, including participating organizations and schedule, please contact us at Adriano@mexic-artemuseum.org
Education
Screen It!in the Schools
Thanks to the Community Youth Development program funded by the City of Austin, the Screen It! program has seen a dramatic increase in student participation. In January 2014, we expanded to include classes at Ojeda Junior High School, and continue our ongoing classes at Akins High School and Widen Elementary. A new collaboration with Akins’ Arts and Humanities Academy gives students the opportunity to express themselves through the creation of a uniquely personal design. In every consecutive class, students print a new color onto their t-shirt or tote-bag, culminating in a finished product that they can take home and a stencil that inspired students can use to continue printing on their own. Students develop problem solving skills through the practice of new artistic techniques, creating their own wearable art. By illustrating their opinions and interests, students are finding a new way to respond to the world around them. Before the ink is even dry, students parade around the classroom showing their t-shirts off to their peers. We expect the program to grow and grow! Image:Screen It! Student's Two-Color Design
New Classes at Ojeda Junior High School
The Education Department is delighted to have been working with over 250 students at Ojeda Junior High School! Students viewed images of political printmakers, historical, and contemporary, including works by Serie Project Artist, Michael Menchaca. Students were given the opportunity to design and print their own two-color shirts. We were happy to have a few students go the extra mile to create three and even four color designs! Currently, we are working with the students in Ojeda's special Life Skills Inclusion Program, we have discovered that many of these students with disabilities rarely have the opportunity to create art. We are so grateful to be able to make an impact in their lives, and believe that all children should have the chance to receive Art Education.
Image: Screen It! Student at Ojeda Junior High School
New in the Museum Store
Whether you’re bringing down establishments or joining a picket line, you wouldn’t want to get caught by the riot police, or much less the fashion police without one of our bandanas. They are hand pulled right here at Mexic-Arte Museum and come in three different eye catching colors: cyan, yellow and magenta. The bandanas are peppered with theIllustrating Anarchy and Revolution logo. So allow your rebel side to support our Screen It program and rememberViva La Revolucion!
Thank you sponsors!
John Hogg, MD & David Garza
Lola Wright Foundation
Manuel & Jane Zuniga
Delia Sifuentes
Rosa Santis
Elizabeth & Jamie Baskin
Rosa Laura Junco
City of Austin Health & Human Services Department
The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts
Mary Ann Thompson Frenk & Joshua Frenk
Lulu Flores & Scott Hendler
Dr. Frank Cardenas
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston
Gala del Museo is an elegant fundraising event that reminisces the past and recognizes our present accomplishments in visual art and culture. The event benefits Mexic-Arte Museum’s exhibition and education programs. Join us as we celebrate thirty years in Austin with critically acclaimed exhibitions, exemplary education programs, exciting cultural events, and a growing permanent collection. Gala del Museo will take place at the elegant Four Seasons featuring music, exquisite cuisine, and distinguished guests on Sunday, May 17, 2014 with a cocktail reception at 5:00 p.m. and dinner and event starting at 6:00 p.m. Sponsorships/ Table Sales are available ranging from $3000 to $25,000 and individual tickets at $300. For more information please call 512-480-9373 or visit: www.mexic-artemuseum.org
Irma Hampton 
We are also pleased to announce that the Museum will participate in 
Please welcome Caity Shaffer, Mexic-Arte Museum's Development Associate. Caity has experience in raising funds for nonprofit organizations devoted to the arts and art history, including Philadelphia Society for Preservation and Moonstone Arts Center, where she managed and wrote material for over 500 cultural events. Caity is also a fan of Tejano music, especially Lydia Mendoza, the “The Lark of the Border".
Meet our new Education Associate 
Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution
Illustrating Anarchy and Revolution 
Selected works created by teen artists and produced through the 
April Garcia 
Big Medium 
Thanks to the Community Youth Development program funded by the City of Austin, the 
The Education Department is delighted to have been working with over 250 students at Ojeda Junior High School! Students viewed images of political printmakers, historical, and contemporary, including works by Serie Project Artist, Michael Menchaca. Students were given the opportunity to design and print their own two-color shirts. We were happy to have a few students go the extra mile to create three and even four color designs! Currently, we are working with the students in Ojeda's special Life Skills Inclusion Program, we have discovered that many of these students with disabilities rarely have the opportunity to create art. We are so grateful to be able to make an impact in their lives, and believe that all children should have the chance to receive Art Education.
