"Para Mi Madre"
SOBRE LA EXPOSICIÓN
Para Mi Madre es una exposición con jurado que se inaugura el 6 de octubre en Carbondale Arts y que invita a artistas latinos a crear una representación visual de una carta de amor o una oda al concepto de la madre. Como latinos, la madre está entretejida en las fibras de nuestro tapiz cultural, nuestro sarape por así decirlo. La madre es la madre tierra, la madre patria, la representación arquetípica, religiosa y mística de madres como la Virgen de Guadalupe y la Llorona. La madre son nuestras madres biológicas y las abuelitas y las tías que a veces llenaban el espacio vacío. Invitamos a los artistas a que se conviertan en cuentacuentos y a través de sus obras de arte, narren una historia de amor.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Para Mi Madre is a juried exhibition which was on display from September 29 through November 3, 2023, at Carbondale Arts inviting Latino artists to create a visual representation of a love letter or an ode to the concept of la madre, the mother. As Latinos, la madre is interwoven in the fibers of our cultural tapestry, our serape if you will. La madre is la madre tierra, mother earth, la madre patria, the motherland, the archetypal, the religious, and the mystical representation of mothers like La Virgen de Guadalupe and La Llorona. La madre is our birth mothers and the abuelitas and the tías that sometimes filled the empty space. We are inviting artists to become cuenta cuentos, storytellers, and through their artwork narrate a story of love.
Felicitaciones a los Ganadores // Congratulations to the Winners!
¡GRACIAS, PATROCINADORES! // THANK YOU, SPONSORS!
ELLEN WOODS is an artist, educator, & psychotherapist from Carbondale, CO. Learn more at ellenwoods.org.
FIRSTBANK is proud to sponsor Carbondale Arts and the "Para Mi Madre" exhibition.
We understand the importance of celebrating and supporting local Latino artists, in order to represent a more diverse community of artists to participate and showcase their talent and creativity. Learn more at efirstbank.com.
JAMES MASON of ArtWorx, LLC, has been working with the Roaring Forge, LLC in Carbondale since 2013 where he has been able to expand his skills and work with some of the valleys finest blacksmith artists. James won third place in Carbondale Arts’ 44th Annual Valley Visual Art Show for his forged steel sculpture “Iris”.