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Happy 25th Mexic-Arte Museum
It started as a tiny space carved out of a long-gone downtown Austin warehouse.
Now, Mexic-Arte Museum is one of longest-standing Latino art museums in the country. Currently the museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an exhibit culled from its rather eclectic permanent collection.
The exhibit features ceremonial costumes and masks, 19th-century paintings, political cartoons, fine art prints and etchings, folk art figurines, documentary photographs, edgy contemporary prints and video art.
“Mexic-Arte is notable for being one of the first Latino museums founded in this country. Twenty-five years of providing first-voice opportunities to Chicano and Latino artists and providing educational opportunities for a diverse public is a major and wondrous achievement,” said Eduardo Díaz, director of the Smithsonian Latino Center in Washington, D.C. “I think we can count on Mexic-Arte to continue exploring a wide range of themes addressing fundamental cultural and artistic development and identity issues that directly impact our communities and this country for a long time to come.”
Read more here.
Check out a slide show of the exhibit.
‘A Legacy of Change: Mexic-Arte’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition’
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 2
Admission: $5 ($4 students and seniors, $1 children 12 and younger). Free on Sundays during `A Legacy of Change.’
Information: 480-9373, www.mexic-artemuseum.org
`History of Mexic-Arte Museum’
What: A talk by Sylvia Orozco, museum co-founder and executive director
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Admission: Free
Image: ‘Ya Basta EZLN 1994, Anti-globalization, Zapata Vuve Demandas del Pueblo, Alimentacion.’
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