"Art Happens " - The Art Factory, April 17, 2010

Artist interested in participating should contact Toni Hudson 956-574-0088 .

BROWNSVILLE NEEDS MUSEUM DEDICATED TO MUSIC

BROWNSVILLE NEEDS MUSEUM DEDICATED TO MUSIC

"As you look at all the things that make our region unique, music is by far one of the top three elements. It would be a great idea I think to have a place, a museum of sorts that houses recognition to musicians and there music - historically speaking to the evolution of music and the sounds we here today." gt

The Art of Brownsville

I think art is important, perhaps more than other people may think, certainly something that I think about perhaps on a daily bases. I mean art is a positive thing, which has done good to our community, you can really feel history, culture and art coming together in this city. People will make money with its growth , hopefully uplifting the community for the better, creating opportunity for everyone. That's all people need is a chance, a chance to prove themselves of their great worthiness. Its the land of opportunity, as a painter, sure, personally, I feel the city has something to offer and then some. It takes investing yourself in it, and some sacrifice, but everything does. Its there for those who wanted, not for those to complain about.

I don't think that it is only one person making this happen, its everyone. Everyone who contributes, from those who produce art to those who show up to see the art exhibits, from those who teach art to those that write about it in the blogs. Its a funny thing that I have noticed, whenever it gets silent and you think nothing is going on, well that's when things are growing, someone is in production producing the next show.

That is why I continue with The Art of Brownsville blog, I think it is important for people to see what is going on here.

The focus of the blog primarily is and will always be the art and then everything else that comes with it. Sure it strays every one in a while but always comes back to what is important and why we are here.

The idea is to capture the essence of the art that is being produce locally.

I encourage local artists to continue sending in images of the work he or she is producing so that it can be posted here.

I like to think that some day our region will begin to be recognized as a great region that has helped produced great painters.

I don't by any way consider myself to be a Chicano or Post Chicano artist, but simply a painter. I realize now that labels can short live the production of an artist.

I do think that being Mexican-American or American-Mexican for some of us, importantly born and raised in this region, brings several factors to the art we produce that is in my opinion of great importance to contemporary art.

The idea that Mexican-American artist or simply (painters) of this region may perhaps struggle with being label and or viewed as only producing Chicano style work and perhaps have never evovled from that may be a posibility.

If you look at local artist, you got painters certainly working in different mediums but working- abstract, surreal, futurist, expressionist, realism, , I mean certainly part of the evolution of art and not necessarily simply painting tortillas as some may suggest. And if you perhaps look at the migration of people that have come to live in Brownsville , both coming from the northern states or others coming from the south from all over Mexico, some of whom are artist and have now become part of the growth in the local art scene. There is certainly a soup brewing for something good..

PHOTO CLUB MEETING

CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS:

EXPERTS AND OR BEGINNERS

PHOTO CLUB LOOKING FOR MEMBERS

WORKSHOP MEETING

APRIL 3RD SATURDAY

4PM TO 6PM

2200 BOCA CHICA BOULEVARD

BROWNSVILLE TEXAS 78520

Contact Noe at 956-639-3036

39th International Art Show - Brownsville Museum of Fine Art

BROWNSVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ART

39th International Art Show


Reception and preview will take place March 25th, 2010 @ 6:00 PM.

Tickets are $50 per person.

VISIT WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:

https://brownsvillemfa.org/CurrentExhibitions.aspx

LIVE PAINTING AT THE ART FACTORY ART GALLERY

THE ART FACTORY

ART GALLERY

2300 COFFEEPORT RD.

BROWNSVILLE TEXAS 78526

contact: 956-574-0088

Pintores - Rosendo Sandoval, Gabriel Trevino, Toni Hudson and Antonio Antinori at The Art Factory Art Gallery - Live Painting Exhibit , Saturday March 20, 2010.

Support The Art of Brownsville

Everyone is invited.. whether you want to stop by and just talk about art, view some live painting and or participate by doing some painting of your own... The event is free... there will be some refreshments and snacks.. The idea is to continue promoting local art.

Live painting is an interesting way for an artist to be spontaneous sometimes even competitive... I think as an artist, you become adjusted to working on your own the privacy of your home and or studio.. I think when it comes to being in an open setting where, anyone may stop by and comment, I think can bring out other expressive factors... It is perhaps similar to a painting class, where perhaps everyone is painting but some may standout more than others, not in a good or bad way but you are able to see how a painter works, how he or she gets things done, how fast they think and or how loose they are and absorb the surrounding..

The more artist the show up the better, if they are able to show an example of there skill even better..Its a great way to learn from each other..

And ofcourse there will be some paintings, drawings for sale, at all prices making it affordable to the passerby........ etc. etc.

THE ART FACTORY - ART GALLERY
2300 COFFEE PORT RD.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS 78826
CONTACT TONI - 956-574-0088

Antonio Antinori

Eduardo Ibarra and Antonio Antinori at the Alumni Art Exhibit -Rusteberg Art Gallery

"Eduardo Ibarra redefines the idea of contemporary art with his newest work displayed at Alumni Exhibit at the Rusteberg Art Gallery Curated by Celeste de Luna."

TOSCAFINO - JOSE MANUEL SALAS

TOSCAFINO

3001 PABLO KISEL

BROWNSVILLE TEXAS

EXHIBICION DE ARTE

JOSE MANUEL SALAS

SABADO 13 DE MARZO 2010

RECEPCION: 5PM

The Art that Defines Us.

I think for me, art is becoming more complex, allot harder to explain and or to define..,I like the idea of looking at art that is confusing at first glance, that is perhaps out of character, symbolically, perhaps meaningless to the culture that surrounds it...

If you think about the people that create art as "people in general" and not as perhaps confusingly defined as "artists" as if they are out of content, perhaps people from another planet, but as human beings, living and part of society, different gender and or social status, with multiple backgrounds, and there decisions for creating art, because they choose to create it on there own or because they follow a social order a trend perhaps that helps them fit in as part of the norm.

I laugh to myself and think about my idea of an artist as defined as a crazy man who walks around town wearing only a red boot, singing " I AM A FREAKING TOMATO , I AM A FREAKING TOMATO, I AM A FREAKING TOMATO ".. a madman to his misfortune..

Perhaps a behavioral study will suggest people are more eager to become recognized as artist than they are willing to improve there skill and or talent. And perhaps artists today rely more on there efforts to become famous rather then to face the truth and question whether the work he or she produces is worth the medias attention..

I think I must be from outer space, from out there in the empty space of the universe. Probably fell from the sky a few years ago when I regain consciousness from a black out during my adolescence.

I don't recognize what I do as art, but as a metaphysical language capable of filling the emptiness that makes all living things weak.

Watercolor Workshop at Art & Cultural Center

Watercolor Workshop at Art & Cultural Center
Market Square between 11 & 12th St between Adams & Washington
Instructor: Marilyn J. Brown
Call 956-544-4419 or 956-371-6466
$30 per day-Members--- $35 per day non-members
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sign up for one to three days-Supply list provided

Monday April 5
Basic Watercolor Techniques for Beginners to Intermediate Level

Tuesday, April 6
Painting Landscapes in Watercolor, Beginner to Intermediate Level

Thursday, April 8th
Painting Flowers in Watercolor-Beginners to Intermediate Level

Gibson Girl Exhibit

Stillman House
presents
Gibson Girl exhibit
in honor of
Women's History Month

Collection donated
by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Conner and family, from the estate of Elnora Hardee, mother of Mellena Conner


Press Release For Immediate Release


BROWNSVILLE, March 2010--The Brownsville Historical Association cordially invites you discover how Charles Dana Gibson defined an entire generation with his pen and ink drawings of "It Girls" in the Gibson Girl exhibit at Stillman House, which runs from Thursday, March 11, 2010 to May 1, 2010. The exhibit is held in honor of Women's History Month in March.

The opening reception for the exhibit is scheduled for Thursday, March 11 at 6 p.m. and is free to the public. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition is supported in part through the City of Brownsville.

The exhibit is drawn from a book of pen-and-ink drawings donated to the Brownsville Historical Association by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Conner and family, from the estate of Elnora Hardee, mother of Mellena Conner.

Charles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist that personified the feminine ideal in his iconic Gibson Girl portraits at the turn of the 20th century. Using only pen and ink, Gibson was able to capture beauty in his art. The epitome of femininity is said to be modeled after his wife, Irene Langhorne, and is uniquely displayed in scenes of everyday life according to Gibson. His work was featured in magazines such as Life, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly.

The exhibit is included with BHA general admission to the Brownsville Heritage Complex, which includes admission to the Stillman House Museum and to the Brownsville Heritage Museum. Admission is free for members of he Brownsville Historical Association.

Along with the exhibition, BHA carries Gibson Girl drinking glasses in La Tienda Heritage Museum Gift Shop. BHA members receive a discount on the purchase of these and other items and books.

For more information on BHA programs and exhibits, please call 956-541-5560 or visit Brownsville Historical Association on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at bhaevents.


The Brownsville Heritage Complex is located at 1325 E. Washington Street and is managed by the Brownsville Historical Association.

About Brownsville Historical Association

The Brownsville Historical Association manages the Brownsville Heritage Complex which consists of: Stillman House, Brownsville Heritage Museum, Aiken Education Center, and Preservation Resource Center. The BHA also manages the Old City Cemetery Center, Market Square Research Center and Southmost Heritage Center. The Brownsville Heritage Complex is located at 1325 E. Washington, Brownsville, Texas 78520. The mission of the BHA is to preserve, educate, and promote the history, heritage, and cultural arts of Brownsville, Texas and its environs through exhibitions, educational programs, publications, cultural events, and archival collections.


Brownsville Historical Association

Sarah Martinez
Program Coordinator-Stillman House and Southmost Heritage Center
smartinez@brownsvillehistory.org