CLIFF WELTY AT GALERIA 409

'Heads', an exhibition of oil portraits painted byBrownsvilleartist Cliff Welty opens with a reception for theartist on Thursday,06 March from 6 to 9 pm at Galeria 409. The exhibition will rununtil 12 April.

Galerîa 409 is located at 409 East 13th Streetbetween Elizabeth and Levee Streets, one block fromthe Gateway Bridge. Gallery hours are from 12:00 to5:00 pm, Wednesday through Saturday and admission isalways free. The works may also be viewd byappointment by calling 956 455 3599.
galeria409@yahoo.com

ALBERTINA-AMBOS LADOS DEL RIO 2008

Whats on TV ? David Alfaro Siqueiros

Tuesday February 26/2008 5PM on CANNEL 274 OVTV "DIRECT TV"satelite. OVATION TV NETWORK...
This is a great fast pace documentary on the life of David Alfaro Siqueiros. This painter was another Diego Rivera..wich he of course had controversy with, but check it out, its pretty dam good.

M.A.C.T. - Superficies

Anahi - 360 Love

360º love
This is my third solo photography show at Tre Fratelli..and I have to say I'm thrilled !!!This new show is a collection of engagement and bridal portraits, and it is dedicated with all my love to all my clients and friends. With out their trust this show wouldn't be here. Thank you so much for letting me in and share your connection with me."360º love" will exhibit until the end of the month :) due to travel schedules the "opening" will now be a "closing" reception lol !so mark your calendars:wednesday february 27th 4:30-6:30pmTre fratelli3001 Pablo Kisel BlvdBrownsville, TX 78526(956) 574-9888If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me, love hearing form you :)Looking forward to get together, have a nice glass of red and enjoy a great conversation with you :)

Bradley R. Petersen Exhibit

The Art Gallery in the Rusteberg Building is proud to present the paintings of Bradley R. Petersen, a University of Texas at Austin professor, to the valley. Petersen has an extensive list of national exhibition, displaying in various cities such as Chicago , Illinois , Roswell , New Mexico , and Athens , Georgia . Petersen has also been awarded various grants, which includes the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting, given by Mid-Americas Art Alliance.
Having nearly 40 years of experience in painting, Petersen’s show is sure to be a unique experience to all valley residents. His years of experience is clearly seen through his technical ability to produce extremely fine and beautiful paintings. His intriguing subject matter and stimulating color scheme invite you in to explore and absorb every inch of each painting. Petersen’s work is best described in his own words:

“My intention is to rework or sabotage the tradition of still life painting by bringing worlds of inanimate objects and humans together yet colliding with some sort of collage mentality behind the thinking that threatens their normality and intimacy.”

The show will be opening on February 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM. The last day to view the show will be March 6, 2008. General admission is $3.00. Student semester passes are available for $5.00. Admission for Patron of the Arts members is free. Please contact us at (956) 882-7097 for more information or please e-mail us at gallery@utb.edu

UTB/TSC

The Art Gallery inside

the Rusteberg Building

80 Fort Brown

Brownsville, TX

Contact: Marivel Graham
Gallery Director

(956) 882-7097

COLLABORATION ARTWORK

SEND IN YOUR COLLABORATION ARTWORK TO:brownsvilleartform@yahoo.com

TOP-James Miller wrote:
We are from Weslaco. We both create, but are pretty far apart in terms of what kind of art we make, and reasons for doing it.Thanks for the opportunity,we had fun making it! If interested, here is some of my work- http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/r/rooster/
Artists: James and Maria Miller
Title: Virgin Land
Medium:Collage
Size:12 x 16
Year: 2008

2ND - Cande Aguilar and Rene Garza of Museo {i}menos.
3RD-Stan Raines wrote:
Here's an odd form of long term collaborative art. My son, Joseph Raines, and his friend Cristo Soto drew the figures in the More to Blues piece over a period of two or three weeks or so on a blackboard I built for my backyard shop so I'd have a place to keep measurements and irregular notes. It was interesting, so I kept it up for a while and they'd embellish it from time to time. I may have added a line or two.This was all in 2004.I do not know if you consider the output of electronic manipulation as art, but I thought I'd submit this anyway. The base object is a pastel drawing. As I said, I find it to be interesting, even down to the odd, three dimensional effects of pixelation.
I'm fifty-eight and now a retired teacher living in Brownsville. Joseph, who is twenty-five, is studying and practicing art (and playing very fine bass guitar and bass violin with a variety of groups) at UT in San Antonio, and Cristo, who may be twenty-six at this point, is living and painting in central Florida. Both of them grew up here. I moved here from Indiana at thirty-one.

LAST- Oscar Alvarez and Cande Aguilar

Many thanks pintores..

MY LOTERIA PICTURES

Mark Clark-painter and owner of Galeria 409 in conversation, Christina explains her artwork, Christina Sosa Noriega and Gabriel Trevino, Jorge Castorena poses for picture in front of "My Loteria "artwork, Joe Gonzalez -Artcollector, Gabriel Trevino and Cande Aguilar-first local artist to exhibit at the new BMFA in oneman show.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

UVAL ZIP LOCK IT Benefit

Call for Entries

The Upper Valley Art League invites artists to
participate in our 1st annual Open Invitational
exhibition benefit. We are looking for artists to
donate original artwork that fits inside an 8"x11" Zip
Lock bag. The exhibition is open to artists from
absolute beginners to seasoned professionals working
in all media, including but not limited to painting,
printmaking, sculpture, drawings, works on paper,
photography and mixed media are all welcome.
Opening Reception: Friday February 29th 2008 • 6 pm
Admission is free refreshments will be served.
ZIP LOCK IT is a show and sale of original art. Each
separate artwork will be sold for $20 on a first-come,
first-served basis.
The Upper Valley Art League is a non-for profit
organization. The League benefits annually from the
generous operating support of its members. Additional
funds are gratefully received from the contributions
of individuals, corporations, and grants. These monies
allow the Upper Valley Art League to exhibit and
educate member artists and to enrich the community
through visual arts.
We appreciate your generous donation of artwork!
Deliver or mail your artwork to arrive by, February
27, 2008
Include: Artist name, title, medium and date of
artwork.
Note: UNSOLD artwork will NOT be RETURNED, UNLESS a
self addressed, stamped and properly sized packaging
is included. Hand delivered work maybe be pick up
after the show. Please attach proper postage for
return of artwork. UVAL is not responsible for lost or
damaged artwork in the mail. Artists are responsible
for delivery and pickup of work. Mail or deliver to:
Upper Valley Art League
Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Building
921 E 12th, Mission, TX 78572
For more information please contact:
UVAL Curator: Luis Contreras II 956-583-2787
UVAL President: Maxilou Link 956-581-7669

TODAY 2/7/08

For Immediate Release

My Loteria exhibition by Christina Sosa Noriega at Brownsville Heritage Complex
Brownsville

The Brownsville Heritage Complex, located in historic downtown Brownsville, invites the public to view My Loteria exhibition by San Antonio-based artist Christina Sosa Noriega. The exhibition opens to the public on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. and marks the first time it has been shown south of San Antonio. The reception is free to the public and is sponsored in part by H.E.B. My Loteria features completely original artwork that reflects the lives, looks, and tastes of many of today's Latinos. Christina coined this version My Loteria for one reason: so that Latinos can feel proud of their culture. The artwork from My Loteria has been reproduced on dishes and serving ware featured at H.E.B. grocery stores. The exhibit will be on view through March 30, 2008. For more information on programs and exhibits please call 956-541-5560.

COLLABORATION ARTWORK

Send in you pictures of your collaboration artwork, painting, mural, drawing etc. to brownsvilleartform@yahoo.com and I will post here on TAOB Blog. Include the collaborating artist and year executed.

This is a collaboration painting executed by Rene Garza of Museo {i}menos and I in 2007.

IS THERE ENOUGH COLLABORATION ARTWORK HERE IN THE VALLEY TO POSSIBLY FILL UP A GALLERY ? SEND IN YOU COLLABORATION ARTWORK AND LETS SEE IF WE CAN PUT ON A SHOW, PROMOTE PEACE OR SOMETHING....

ARTWORK MUST BE DONE BY TWO OR MORE ARTIST.

ARTISTS' FESTIVAL AND SALE

FREE ADMISSION

Artists' Festival & Sale
230 Neale Drive, Brownsville, TX 78520

Feb.29, 2008 - Wine & Cheese Reception:
6 pm - 9 pm

Mar. 01, 2008 - Show & Sale:
10 am - 5 pm

Mar. 02, 2008 - Show & Sale:
12 pm - 5 pm

Join us and enjoy yourself!
Door Prizes of Original Art
See you there!

Follow the signs from Elizabeth Street and International Boulevard,
BMFA Annex (former Brownsville Art League Museum).
Sponsored by BMFA

Renata Lara-Ali
Assistant Director
660 E. Ringgold St
Brownsville Texas 78520
lara@brownsvillemfa.org
Tel: 956/542-0941
Fax: 956-542-6931

Harlingen-Jackson Street Artwalk

Today I woke up with the idea of taking the day off work and visiting Harlingen and kind of crashing the Harlingen local art scene if you will. I decided to load up my car with some artwork just in case there was an opportunity to exhibit or whatever.. I wasn't alone on this journey, my wife Dahlia and daughter Angela decided to go along for the ride. I know what you may be thinking wow wee Harlingen, I know, but know this I am a Brownsvillian, I hardly do stuff out in the other cities of the Valley .. Usually its concerts that get me going.. But any ways..I guess I am trying to change that.. you know get to know our fellow cities..Its what this blog is about "que no". So we got there to Jackson street "where the Market Days is set to take place" not really knowing what was there but maybe one gallery.. Not bad, the peacefull downtown looked promising.. Our first stop was SCHAUB ART STUDIO, this place is very appealing from the get go.. The building seems to be remodeled into a modern colonial pop house kinda place I guess an art statement of sorts to represent what lies inside. The studio is very well kept and pop art from wall to wall. We walked in the door and were greeted in rightaway.. To our luck the artist was present and at work.. So I introduce myself and yata yata .. this and that.. I realize I had exhibited with Schaub at the Port Isabel Museum in early 2007 ,hmm I just never thought he had a place here in Harlingen, but very great character Schaub . Very easy to talk to , not so much trying to be misterious, or egotistic.., just very pleasant and streight forward.. After a while , we exhange contact info and we decided to move along to see what else the Jackson street artwalk had to offer. By the way anyone wanting info on Schaub 956-742-9292...
We went on to the D Arte Center where we were greeted by Celeste De Luna the gallery director.. It was the busy hour for Celeste as she was preparing the new exhibition guest artist..I looked around to see who was a member and exhibiting.. which I saw work from artist Marylin Brown of Brownsville. There was just alot of work., Some of it yeah for my taste other eh.. the new exhibiting artist art is very similar to Castorena , I will put more on that. I thought at that moment to maybe become a member so I can leave the artwork I had braught with me, but I wasn't to convinced..Well there was a 95dolloar fee which is not at all bad for a year, but a commitment to come once a month and pitch in help , had be in doubt. Due to my other commitments. After a good talk with Celeste, I realized a while back I had the opportunity of exhibiting with her a recent Kingsville exhibition "As of Now " fall of 2007, I decided to think about before making a bad decision well not being able to keep up with my time once a month.. So we said good by to Celeste de Luna . Anyone wanting more info on D Arte center please contact:956-454-1809 or visit myspace/litebluna .
My last stop was Rustica - Mexican Imports and Fine Arts 956-592-7543, a new location that recently opened two months ago. This new location has expanded its floor plan and has increased its inventory to bigger rustic hand crafted furniture produced by mexican artisans. This store is filled with all kinds of hand crafted art, from ceramics to wood carved tables and bar stools. Most of the imagery in the carvings resemble the artwork of Diego Rivera. After a while of going through the store, I just had to ask the owner if due to there additional walls space if they were willing to hang my artwork and agree to a sort of consingment. To my luck they decided to give my artwork a chance on there wall after an overnight think it through.. I couldn't be happier, this place felt like a second home. CHECKOUT PICTURES "currently to be edited" OF RUSTICA at my personal blog : www.theartworkofgabriel-trevino.blogspot.com .

After visiting Rustica , Schaub, and D Arte Center, I just had to become a part of this great art community. I couldn't thank Rustica enough for the opportunity.

I encourage everyone to take an artwalk to Jackson Street in Harlingen, if your from out of town, maybe a neighboring city, hey get out there its way worth the trip.

PLEASE NOTE: Pictures were taken early Saturday 2/02/08 after a nice cup of coffee and conversation with Celeste de Luna and Benjamin P. Varela. Many thanks to them for there hospitality