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Everyone needs to get to this exhibit at the Larson Gallery! The majority of the artists are Latinos, and of course that always means lively and cutting edge painting!
Paintings I particularly enjoyed, Daniel De Siga's two paintings called 'Alien Invasion' which had a peaceful field, but instead of flying saucers landing, there were tortillas, painted so well that they looked edible! in one, red chilis formed the legs of the 'flying saucers'!
'Cats With Fish and Guns' by Vidal David Gonzales, portrayed some very macho cats. His style is like those Huichol yarn paintings. He also has some way cool masks, he won an award, the Wilma Dulin Award. I liked two pieces by Guillermo V. Casteneda, Signs of Spring, and The Heavy Harvest. He recieved the Bernal Baca Award for his large piece which is also a poem called 'The Mexican Man' I can't look at that poem without wanting to cry.
the Kathleen McDonald Award went to Pablo Soto for his Group of Head-Start Children and he got the American Federation of Teachers Award for his 'Pottery Vendor'. There was work by young artists as well, that I liked by Cecelia Cienfuegos and Nuvia Chavez, and Ricardo Farias, and Juan A. Cortes.
All the art works were excellent, and worth the trip to the Larson Gallery, and they had very nice refreshments, as well as two music groups, a more 'norte americano' sensibility being represented by a group of flautists, who did a chamber-music treatment of various traditional Mexican airs, then there was a Mariachi who were excellent! So all in all a good outing.
Next Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm they are having a Family Day, with opportunities for children to paint, as well as music, dance and food. I hope I can at least take my little grand-daughter to this!