Pamphlet of an invitation to an event hosted by Mexic-Arte Museum. The information about Mexic-Arte Multi-Cultural works fifth anniversary celebration and grand opening of its new location and the art opening of the Austin Annual.
Pamphlet of a schedule for Fiesta Ranchera, which is a concert and program featuring Mariachi Estrella. There is also a brief history on the Mariachi band and Mariachi the music genre. There are some pictures included, such as one of Mariachi Estrella.
Pamphlet of information about El Día de los Muertos, a play by James E. Garcia. The information included is a brief history about Día de los Muertos and the people behind the play, such as the actors, the director, the choreographer and others.
Pamphlet of an invitation to Día de los Muertos art exhibition hosted by Mexic-Arte. There is a schedule included as well as a brief history of the Día de los Muertos tradition. All of the images in the pamphlet are Day of the Dead themed and almost exclusively feature skulls.
Photograph of two people leaning against a wall with artworks hanging on it. To their left, there is a large abstract painting and on their right is a smaller painting with intricate designs. Further to their right, there are three more pieces, two of which are 3-dimensional. The artists who created the pieces are Pio Pulido and Al Billings.
Flyer advertising Showcase of New Bands and Alternative Bands, a music festival hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The event occurred on March 18th, 1988. The flyer features a black and white photograph of musicians and guitars.
Postcard that advertises an exhibition entitled "Fragments: Visual Evidence of a Decaying Culture", which is an art exhibition of photographs that explore icons of an alienating and fragmented society. On one side, there is a photograph with a man and fragmented pieces of paper in the background. On the other side there is information on the when and where of the exhibit, and the artist.
Postcard of an advertisement for Derek Boshier's art exhibit and lecture. On one side, it is mostly black. The flyer give information about the lecture and exhibit, but also features the images of a hammer and sickle, a crescent moon, a cross and others. On the other side is postal information.
Postcard advertising an exhibition entitled "Positions", a reception sponsored by the University of Texas in conjunction with Mexic-Arte. On the left in large letters, there is a list of people's names. On the bottom, there is the date and location of the event.
Postcard of two exhibitions entitled, "Animate Inanimate" and "Quietism". "Animate Inanimate" is an exhibit of object, machines and robots that was constructed using low technology techniques. "Quietism" is an exhibition that addresses the issue of man's non-harmonious relationship with the earth. On the other is information about the location and date of the event and other information.
Postcard of Houston Women's Caucus for Art (H.W.C.A) in Austin, Texas. On the front side, there is information about the location and date of the event. On the other side in postal information.
Pamphlet of a biography about Marco Gomez Saucedo. On the cover, there are two coat of arms, one representing the city of Austin, Texas and the other representing Saltillo, Coahuila. There is a drawing on a house. On the inside, there is a picture of Gomez Saucedo at his studio. Underneath that is a paragraph about his work and on the other side is a biography and a list of his exhibitions and awards.
Pamphlet of information for the grand opening and fifth anniversary celebration. On the cover is an illustration of Mexic-Arte's new building. On the inside is information about to what Mexic-Arte is dedicated and the program for the celebration. On the back is a list of name to whom Mexic-Arte wanted to wish a special thanks.
Flyer that advertises an event sponsored by the Mexic-Arte Museum entitled, "Fat Animal Fest". The front of the flyer features illustrations of four animals that are framed with geometric designs. At the bottom is information about the benefit for Mexic-Arte that the flyer is advertising. There is also a schedule, sponsors listed and ticket prices.
Postcard advertising the Austin Annual. On one side, it reads "Austin Annual '89" in all capitalized and large letters. On the other side is the date and location of the event.
Postcard invitation to Austin Annual. The exhibition was held from September 15th, 1989 to October 21st, 1989 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A reception was held on September 15th, 1989 at 7 pm.
Flyer advertising "Temptation", a play by Vaclav Havel, held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The play ran on three weekends between November 9th to December 2nd in 1989.
Photograph of rows of people in large feathered headdresses. The women are in draping dresses, anklets and sandals. The men wear large necklaces that cover a large part of their chests, loin cloth-like pieces and hold shields.
Photograph of a person in a costume and mask participating in a performance in Europe that was performed for the Mexic-Arte Museum. The man is wearing loose pants and jacket and sticks attached to his pant legs. His hands are also on fire. His mask has a frame in the shape of a triangle and it is pointed downward. It has rods attached to the frame horizontally.
Photograph of a man in the middle of dancing during a rehearsal of "Prisoner Sin Delito [Trapped Innocence]". He has his back arched, knees bent slightly and stands on his tip toes.
Photograph of a heavily decorated altar. There are three tiers and each level has flowers. The bottom tier also has small skulls sitting on the floor and a statuette on the right. The middle tier has skulls as well as a Catholic religious image. The top tier has two small skeleton figures, one in a white dress and veil and the other in a black tuxedo jacket. There is a cross above the pair.
Photograph of the altar to Sylvia Orozco's deceased father. Sylvia Orozco has two other women attending with her, one of whom is holding up a book that reads "Los Zapatos" by Diego Rivera 1989". There is a painting in the background where two men can be seen wearing sombreros. There is another man behind him, but he is cut off.
Photograph of people preparing for Día de los Muertos Celebration celebrations at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There are a group of older women sitting along two tables containng supplies. There is a man kneeling at the head of the table chatting with the woman closest to him.
Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon-like vehicle. He appears to be preparing the bumper for the Día de los Muertos celebrations. There are people behind him watching him as he works. The ground around him has newspapers scattered all around him.
Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon. Most of the car can be seen in the picture and the man is cut off. There are newspapers scattered on the ground around him and a bucket next to him. Decorations for Día de los Muertos are hung from the ceiling.
Photograph of a five-piece mariachi band, all playing a variety of stringed instruments. They are all men dressed in fanciful sombreros and traditional mariachi attire. Four of the performers are in tan versions of the outfit and one in a black version. There is a man in the background near a microphone stand.
Photograph of a man in a suit standing next a woman dressed up in Día de los Muertos fashion. She has a long white dress on and a large, feathered hat and her face is made up to look like a sugar skull. In the foreground, members of a mariachi can be seen
Photograph of a man, woman and a young girl leaning on a car. The rear of the car can be seen. There is art hanging on the walls in the background. Each person in the picture is wearing a green shirt.
Photograph of a member of a mariachi band in motion to stand up from sitting. In the background, there is a man in a devil-like costume with a large head over his. Behind him there is a woman in a white dress and veil reaching out.
Photograph of a woman in a blue dress and her posing with her hands behind her back. To her left is a four tier altar that is decorated in Día de los Muertos theme. The altar is formatted like stairs in that the bottom level juts out the most and each one on top gets smaller. The wall behind her is also decorated with paper flowers.
Photograph of two people is extravagant costumes that are themed to Día de los Muertos. There is a large, pink tier in the room that is decorated in yellow paper flowers and pumpkins. There are a crowd of people entering the room. There is also art hanging on the walls and a Day of the Dead themed altar on the far well.
Photograph of a woman with her face painted as a sugar skull and dressed in a white dress and a head piece with large black and white feathers. She has a pink feathered boa around her neck. On the wall behind her, there are large artworks hanging. The artworks are also Día de los Muertos themed.
Photograph of flamenco dancers performing for the Día de los Muertos celebration. There is a man in a devil-like costume and a large dragon-like head holding a pitchfork. There are also two other men in mariachi attire dancing with two of the flamenco dancers. There is a third flamenco dancer that is cut off on the right side.
Photograph of of the original space used for the Day of the Dead celebrations before decorating was finished. This is a picture of the room while it was being set up.
Catalog of two exhibits from the Austin, Texas. One exhibit was called "La Muerte Vive" and the other was named "Realidades Mexicanas" and showed off Mexican and Mexican American artworks. The catalog also includes information about the Mexic-Arte Museum, the exhibits and other topics.
Postcard invitation to the Austin Annual 1985. It included information about the location and when the open reception will be, how long the art exhibition will run through and information about the sponsors. This was sent to Betty Horton.
Pamphlet of the Mexic-Arte Museum invitation to the Day of the Dead a Multi-Disciplie Art Celebration event. It includes the schedule of the event, a history of the Day of the Dead holiday, and Day of the Dead illustrations.
Photograph of the Arts warehouse from the outside. There are five cars parked on the side of the road. The title "the Arts warehouse" is painted on the side of the building. There are two signs near the corner of the building directing towards the entrance.
Photograph of people attending the art exhibition. There are three artworks hanging on the wall in the background. In the foreground, there is a middle-aged man, an older man and a middle-aged woman (from left to right). The older man and woman are facing the camera, but the other man is looking away.
Photograph of four people standing shoulder to shoulder in front of a large painting. They all have their arms around the person or people beside them. There are two other artworks in the shot, one on the wall and the other learning on the large painting in front of which the people are posing.
Photograph of two men in a room with many framed artworks hanging on the wall. They are standing in the corner of the room. One is looking at a painting and the other and looking towards the camera.
Photograph of two watermelons side by side. They both have words carved out of them. The words are all capitalized, raised and are made of the green rind. The rest of the watermelon was cut off and the red meat of the watermelon can be seen. The watermelon on the left reads "Mexicarte Greening" and the one on the right reads "The Austin Culture." The watermelon on the right has fruit and flowers behind and on it.
Photograph of six people in a room with four rows of papers on the floor, a box of more papers in the middle of the room and a few large piles of papers in the foreground on the floor. They are organizing the mailers into their own specific place.
Photograph of a man and woman in vintage-style clothing. The man is on the left and the woman on the right. She is wearing a black dress, a pearl necklace and a black head piece. He is wearing a grey suit, gold wallet chains, and a white hat. Both have their faces painted to look like sugar skulls. They are posing in front of a cemetery.
Photograph of artworks hanging on a wall at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There are four full pieces in the picture and one on the far right that is cut off. The pieces all feature Hispanic females.
Photograph of a young girl in a short red shirt that shows her stomach and a blue skirt. She has her hands joined above her head and is stretching towards piñatas that are hanging up. She is standing up on her tip toes.
Pamphlet of three different invitations, two to art exhibits and one to a fundraiser. There are dashed lines in between the invitations as if they are meant to be cut apart.
Photograph of a room with chairs in a row with numerous amounts of people. Among this crowd is artist Adan Hernandez. There is art hanging on the walls and most of the people are either in the aisle between the chairs or in the far corner of the room.
Photograph of five middle-aged to older women attending a teachers' workshop in the Arts Warehouse building. One woman on the far right is instructing the rest of women. There is a table in front of them that is covered in paper and craft supplies.
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