Posts Tagged ‘Mexican Cultural Institute’

Evelyn Golz’s Retablo

Evelyn Golz's Retablo

  Evelyn Golz is a classical pianist and teacher, who grew up in a family of generations of artists and musicians. She became fascinated with retablos when she first saw the wonderful collection of Frido Kahlo and Diego Rivera in... (Continue reading)

Mike Magers Retablo

Mike Magers Retablo

  Michael Magers‘ interest in photography began as a young adult learning the basics on his father’s Canon AE-1.  However, his path to the lens took the long way around as he obtained two Masters degrees and focused instead on... (Continue reading)

Press Release: Zarela Act 7- Cooking Demo/One-Woman Show

Press Release: Zarela Act 7- Cooking Demo/One-Woman Show

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  For information contact: Zarela Martinez  Telephone Office: 212-644-1646  Mobile phone: 718-724-4913  For information between March 20-30, please contact by email  zarela@zarela.com  What: Zarela Act 7 /One-Woman Show Debut  Where:Casa Mezcal, 86 Orchard Street, New York, New York... (Continue reading)

My Music Week

My Music Week

  If I started my week on Friday, January 20th, when Alvaro Paulino, the charming, brilliant violinist founder of the Mariachi Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino , picked and rehearsed the songs that we plan to record for an  album to... (Continue reading)

Concordia Cemetery Retablo by Victoria Munro

Concordia Cemetery Retablo by Victoria Munro

    Victoria Munro was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1975. She has spent the last thirteen years working between Auckland, New Zealand and New York, USA. During this time she has exhibited her photographic and sculptural works internationally... (Continue reading)

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Barbara Kilpatrick

Barbara Kilpatrick

Barbara Kikpatrick is a new friend whose art I just started to discover and am amazed by  her original style.  A shortened version of her bio explains it  better that I ever could.  For further information go to her website... (Continue reading)

Food is Arte 2011 Events and 2010 Programs

Food is Arte 2011 Events and 2010 Programs

  So far we have the following events and presentations scheduled for this year: 1.- In collaboration with Cinema Tropical and Carlos Gutierrez we will have a showing of the film “Vuelva a la Vida”, a name that refers to... (Continue reading)

Ex-Votos by Eduardo Penaloza: Guidelines What was I thinking or not?

Ex-Votos by Eduardo Penaloza: Guidelines What was I thinking or not?

    I love retablos, have one at home from Malinalco.   Beyond their candid and colorful graphic beauty, the requests they portray are many times gloomy, anxiety-driven, at the same hilarious, perverse, egotistical, manipulative. Dispelling the curse is their... (Continue reading)

Invitation: Have you ever made a Retablo or Ex-voto?

Invitation: Have you ever made a Retablo or Ex-voto?

Would you like a good reason to make one? (Translation:  I thank St. Pascual Bailon for giving me the best seasoning of all the cooks there have ever been in this ranch because now the boss comes home for lunch every... (Continue reading)

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Food is Art- Brooklyn Festival for Santa Cecilia

Food is Art- Brooklyn Festival for Santa Cecilia

Food is Art presents: On November 24, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, there is a grand celebration in  honor of Santa Cecilia, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 60th Street at Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Saint Cecilia is the... (Continue reading)

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