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[Adolfo Mexiac Accepts Honorary Citizen Award]

Description: Photograph of Adolfo Mexiac accepting an Honorary Citizen award from the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Mexiac, center, wears a black suit. A man standing on the left presents the award certificate to Mexiac. Two men stand on the right and applaud. They stand in front of a mural that is red, white, and black in color.
Date: 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Adolfo Mexiac Signs Prints]

Description: Photograph of Adolfo Mexiac autographing prints of his work. Eight prints of the same work are spread across a table as they are signed in pencil by Mexiac, who sits on the left. Mexiac wears a white polo shirt and black glasses. The prints depict a man kneeling on the ground while holding a sword.
Date: 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Adolfo Mexiac Signs Prints for Onlookers]

Description: Photograph of Adolfo Mexiac autographing prints of his work. Eight prints of the same work are spread across a table as they are signed in pencil by Mexiac, who sits on the left. Mexiac wears a white polo shirt and black glasses. The prints depict a man kneeling on the ground while holding a sword. A man on the right looks over Mexiac's shoulder. Two others look on in the background.
Date: 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Altar to Roy Lozano]

Description: Photograph of an altar to Roy Lozano. A layer of dry pinto beans has been spread across a wooden floor, with a pattern of dry black beans partially visible on the left side of the photograph. A glass of water and some dried meat sit in front of a black and white photograph. The photograph depicts a mustachioed man wearing a white collared dress shirt. Behind the photograph sits a black urn. Next to the urn is a vase of yellow and orange flowers.
Date: October 31, 1998
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Altar to Roy Lozano]

Description: Photograph of an altar to Roy Lozano. The altar is tall and triangular, with many streamers and flowers adorning it. Oranges, lemons, bananas, cookies, and pretzels hand from expanses of string across the altar. A multicolored blanket covers a table within the altar, upon which are laid oranges and three bottles of amber liquid. Three Day of the Dead masks are attached to the top of the altar. On the ground, a layer of pinto and black beans create a symbol. Also on the ground is a basket of coo… more
Date: October 31, 1998
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Art Auction]

Description: Photograph of an art auction held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas on December 3rd, 1999. The auction featured folk art, retablos, prints, and a Hispanic Leaders Talent Show. Colorful wooden sculptures are displayed on platforms in the foreground. Three women study the sculptures. The leftmost woman wears a white dress with a lace bodice; she points to the centermost sculpture with her right hand. The woman standing in the center wears a black dress and turquoise beads, gesturing also … more
Date: December 3, 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Audience at Mexican Style Show]

Description: Photograph of an audience at Veronica Prida's Mexican Style Show, Threads of Light, at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Audience looks toward the left corner of the photograph, wear a partially obscured podium stands. A movie or television camera is in the audience. A few audience members, lacking chairs, crouch at the sidelines.
Date: February 28, 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Band at Reception]

Description: Photograph of a band playing at the Adolfo Mexiac exhibit held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Two two men play guitar, the leftmost man largely obscured by the man on the right. Both wear a traditional costume of black trousers with white ribbon work on the sides and white coats. Two woman can be seen watching the band. A walker stands in front of one woman. Paintings featuring desert nature scenes are hung on the wall behind the band.
Date: 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Band Playing at Crash Through Express Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of a band playing at the Crash Through Express exhibit in the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Eleven people stand in front of a large artwork, which features graffiti lettering and pink, purple, yellow, and orange tones. All are wearing purple shirts. Two women and one man are poised at microphones. In the foreground, one male figure faces is turned away from the camera. Four men are poised at drums. The Crash Through Express exhibit ran from June 11th, 1993 to July 10th, 1993.
Date: June 11, 1993
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Booklet: Recent Works of Arthur Potter]

Description: Booklet discussing the recent works of Arthur Potter, which were exhibited at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas during December of 1990. The booklet features an interview of Potter and includes examples of his work.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Clipping: 8th NAAO Conference]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring a tentative agenda for the 8th Annual National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO). The conference ran from September 30, 1992 to October 4th, 1992 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas.
Date: 1992-09-30/1992-10-04
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Clipping: Hispanic Festival Stages Dramatic View of Diverse Culture]

Description: Clipping from the Austin American-Statesman dated Thursday, March 22nd, 1990. The featured article, titled "Hispanic festival stages dramatic view of diverse culture," discusses the Texas Hispanic Theater Festival. The festival was hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas and took place that Friday through Sunday.
Date: March 22, 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Clipping: NAAO Conference Events]

Description: Clipping advertising sessions, panels, and events occurring at the 8th annual National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO) between the dates of September 30th, 1992 and October 4th, 1992. The conference was held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas.
Date: 1992-09-30/1992-10-04
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Clipping: "National Artists Organization Wrestles with Free Ideas"]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Austin American-Statesman, dated October 3rd, 1992. The featured article discusses the annual conference of the National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO), which was held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A photograph of a man and an woman, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco, accompanies the piece. Guillermo Gómez-Peña wears intricately embroidered pants, spiked wrist cuffs, a neck covering with fringe, and a spotted face mask. Coco Fusco wears a… more
Date: October 3, 1992
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Dancers at Mexican Style Show]

Description: A pair of dancers are caught in motion. The man stands to the left, wearing a white dress shirt, red silk scarf, and straw hat. The woman wears elaborate red, green, and gold ribbons in her hair and holds a red fan in her right hand. Her skirts are in the process of moving, large and twirling around her. The skirts are white, somewhat translucent, and include ribbon. Gold chains hang around her neck. Several mannequins and a bystander view the scene.
Date: February 28, 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Día de los Muertos Exhibition]

Description: Photograph of the Día de los Muertos exhibition held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas on October 30th, 1999. Patrons mill around the exhibit. Many wear costumes and masks. Several carry beverages. Colorful platforms on the left are decorated with yellow and orange garlands. Black and white paintings are hung on one wall; colorful paintings are hung on the farthest wall, which is green.
Date: October 30, 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Día de los Muertos Parade]

Description: Photograph of the Día de los Muertos parade held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The parade occurred in downtown Austin on October 30th, 1999. Several children in the foreground wear masks and face makeup. Individuals hold up poles from which large paper mache puppets are balanced. One puppet, left, is a brown bird. The other puppet, right, is a skeleton wearing a red hat and blue vest.
Date: October 30, 1999
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Diego Rivera y la Revolución]

Description: Flyer advertising an exhibition of Diego Rivera y la Revolución & Mexico en Tiempos de Cambio (Diego Rivera and the Revolution & Mexico in Times of Change). A reception occurred on September 16th, 1993 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Flyer is written in Spanish.
Date: September 16, 1993
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: A Kitsch Spectacle]

Description: Flyer advertising an exhibit of kitsch artwork presented by Sharon Knauss and the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The exhibit opened on May 17th, 1991 and closed on May 31st, 1991. Flyer features a drawing of a topless woman labeled as if she were a specimen, a photograph of Marilyn Monroe, a cowboy in miniature form, a pig dressed as a policeman in miniature form, and Jesus in miniature form.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: Blood Beat]

Description: Flyer for an exhibition of Hachivi Edgar's work, titled Blood Beat, running from January 19th, 1990 to February 24th, 1990 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A photograph of an elderly man holding an infant is featured inside the front cover. The text underneath reads: "Wougim (Man of Blue Sky) born October 11th, 1989 and his grandfather Many Magpies - Charles Heap of Birds."
Date: 1990-01-19/1990-02-24
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: Caribbean Fiesta]

Description: Postcard inviting the recipient to attend Caribbean Fiesta, an event held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The event occurred on May 18th, 1991 and featured a Caribbean Variety Show and Samba Police. Flyer also invites the recipient Conjunto Night with Jose Reyna and Conjunto Cielito, which was held on May 25th of the same year.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: Experimental Salon Art Strike]

Description: Flyer regarding a performance sketch of the Experimental Salon Art Strike of 1990 to 1993. The sketch was written by Honoria, performed by John Held, Jr., and held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas on March 10th, 1993. The paper is perforated in a grid pattern, with a stamp in each rectangle. The stamps feature an ink drawing of a nude, kneeling figure as viewed from behind. The figure appears to be working with rubber stamps. Each stamp reads: "Performance John Held Jr. Art Strike 1990… more
Date: June 11, 1993
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum
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