[Art Education]

Photograph of a group of children at Nuestras Tradiciones, or Our Traditions, an exhibition held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The exhibition ran from December 8th, 2000 to December 30th, 2000. Children sit on the floor of the gallery space, facing away from the camera. An adult woman wearing a dark suit and white blouse faces the camera. She stands to the right of a painting by Santa Barraza. The painting features a human hand rising up from the leaves of a plant. At the center of the hand is an anatomically correct heart. A rabbit's head rests at the plant's base. A pink rose sits to the left of the plant. The painting includes yellow, red, green, and pink colors.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Artist Being Congratulated at Opening Reception]

Photograph of individuals at The Inward Gaze: Body, Identity, Place at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A woman, who is wearing a pink floral dress and white short sleeve jacket, is presented a piece of paper by a man who is wearing a suit. The man faces away from the camera. People stand in the background.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Band at Opening Reception]

Photograph of a band at the opening reception for The Inward Gaze: Body, Identity, Place at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Three male guitarists and one male drummer perform. The second performer from the left sings into a microphone, while the other performers look down at their instruments. They are informally dressed. A painting on the wall behind them features two individuals fighting.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of Three Men Holding a Print of a Horse]

Photograph of three men holding a matted color print of a blue horse jumping over several large rocks that are jutting out of the ocean. The men are standing together in front of a blue wall which has another large painting on it on the right-hand side of the image. The men who, are all wearing suits, are all smiling and facing the camera.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Docent Speaking at Exhibition]

Photograph of a docent speaking to a group of children in the Luz Jiménez exhibit, Symbol of a Millennial People, at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The docent wears a pale yellow blouse and white cardigan. In her left arm she holds a pad of paper. Her right hand gestures to the group. The group faces away from the camera. A large clay vessel sits on a platform to the right. A title wall behind the docent reads "Luz Jiménez-Symbol of a Millennial People, Model and Muse of the Mexican School of Painting" and "Presented by AT&T." A painting on the wall features a kneeling woman.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Docent Speaking to Small Group of Children]

Photograph of a docent speaking to a group of four children in the Luz Jiménez exhibit, Symbol of a Millennial People, at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The docent, who sits in a folding chair, wears a purple dress and multicolored scarf. She holds up five fingers on her right hand and two on her left; the children mirror her. The children sit on the floor. One girl and two boys sit to the left, while a last girl sits off to the right. Two paintings of young women are featured on the wall behind the docent.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five People Standing in Front of a Painting of a Bull]

Photograph of two women and three men standing in front of a white wall that has a large painting of a bull on it. There is writing on the wall above the painting that reads, "Ikerkinesis". The five people are all smiling and facing the camera. The man on the far right-hand side of the photograph is holding a piece of paper.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four People Presenting a Silkscreen Print]

Photograph of a woman and a man holding a framed abstract silkscreen print. Both of them are looking at a man in a tan suit, who is standing to their left and looking at the picture. There is a podium and a woman talking into a microphone on his left. The group of four is standing in front of a blue wall that has a large, colorful painting on it on the right-hand side of the image.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gallery Space]

Photograph of the Luz Jiménez exhibit, Symbol of a Millennial People, at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A display case in the foreground features a book and several small stone statues. A brown half wall on the right features drawings of individuals. A small display case stands against the farthest wall. Small paintings are hung on the wall itself.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gallery Space]

Photograph of gallery space at The Inward Gaze: Body, Identity, Place at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A vase of white flowers sits on a purple podium on the left. To the right of the flowers is a wall separating the space. The most visible wall, which is on the right, features floral paintings of various sizes.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photograph in Donor's Home]

Photograph of six individuals in the home of an exhibition donor to the Mexico in Austin Collections, which was held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Pictured are Sylvia Orozco, Terry Tannert, Susan Frost, Juan Sandoval, and John Kikpatrick. Sylvia Orozco stands farthest to the left and Terry Tannert stands second from the left. An ornate rug is hung from the wall behind them. Decorative blue glassware is presented in a case on the right.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hispanic Woman Speaking Behind a Podium]

Photograph of a smiling Hispanic woman standing behind a podium and speaking into a microphone. The woman is standing in front of a large colorful wall mural of four Hispanic people standing behind a cloaked woman standing in a fern and holding a white bird. There are several brightly painted symbols below the mural.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Iker Larruri, Santa Barraza, Sylvia Orozco, and Jorge Sedeño at Exhibition]

Photograph of Iker Larruri, Santa Barraza, Sylvia Orozco, and Jorge Sedeño at A MexicTejana from Neplanta, an exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas that ran from January 28th, 2000 to April 15th, 1999. They stand in front of a colorful mural of a woman who wears a blue shawl and red and gold blouse. An anatomically correct heart appears at her chest. Larruri, Barraza, and Orozco wear black, while Sedeño wears a beige blazer.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Kirkpatrick at Mexico in Austin Collections]

Photograph of John Kirkpatrick in the Mexico in Austin Collections, an exhibit housed at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Kirkpatrick faces a wall on the right of the photograph. He is studying a newspaper clipping that prominently features a drawing of a mustachioed gentleman. Kirkpatrick wears a plaid blazer jacket in teal, green, pink, and purple colors. Text on the right wall gives thanks to Austin Collectors.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965 (open access)

Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965

Catalog for the exhibition, "Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965," including a biography of Jiménez, descriptions of the art pieces in the exhibit, and other information about the series. The installation was at the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo in Mexico City (November 1999-January 2000) and at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas (May-June 2000)
Date: 2000
Creator: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Luz Jiménez: Symbol of a Millennial People (open access)

Luz Jiménez: Symbol of a Millennial People

Gallery guide for the Mexic-Arte Museum's exhibition, "Luz Jiménez: Symbol of a Millennial People." The guide includes biographical information about Luz Jiménez, "La Tortillera/The Tortilla Maker"by Diego Rivera, and the events related to the exhibition.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Speaking in Front of a Wall of Paintings]

Photograph of Raul Alvarez speaking at the Mexico in Austin Collections, an exhibit housed at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Alvarez wears a muted green button up shirt. He gestures with both hands and looks toward the right side of the photograph. Paintings of individuals are hung from the wall behind him.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Speaking in Front of an Animal Picture]

Photograph of three individuals in the Mexico in Austin Collections, an exhibition held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas in 2000. Sylvia Orozco, left, is looking at Darrel Slusher, who is speaking and gesturing. Raul Alvarez, right, is also looking toward Slusher. They stand in front of a painting of a horned, yawning animal.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Paintings Hanging in a Decorated Gallery]

Photograph of the Mexico in Austin Collections, an exhibit housed at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Two walls are visible. Paintings of individuals line both walls. Dotted lines are painted in a ovular pattern on the walls. The leftmost wall is painted beige, while the rightmost wall is painted white.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: José Francisco Treviño: Raíces Sin Fronteras, A Retrospective] (open access)

[Pamphlet: José Francisco Treviño: Raíces Sin Fronteras, A Retrospective]

Pamphlet presenting the exhibition entitled Raíces Sin Fronteras, A Retrospective, which celebrates the art of José Francisco Treviño at the Mexic-Arte Museum. The front cover of the pamphlet features one of Treviño's oil paintings as well as information about the exhibit. There is a short biography and artist's statement as well as a write-up about the exhibition by the executive director of the Mexic-Arte Museum Sylvia Orozco. The pamphlet features a section that is dedicated to testimonies by fellow artists, which includes essays by Santa Barraza, Modesta Barbina Treviño, César Martínez, Sam Coronado, Luis Guerra, Raúl Valdez, Luis R. Gutiérrez, and Alberto Hijar. There is a numbered list of the artworks that make up the exhibition as well as a list of sponsors, members, staff, Board of Directors, and upcoming exhibitions.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Luz Jiménez, Symbol of a Millennial People] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Luz Jiménez, Symbol of a Millennial People]

Pamphlet presenting an exhibit that celebrates the art of Julia "Luz" Jiménez at the Mexic-Arte Museum. The cover of the pamphlet includes exhibit and sponsor information as well as a photograph of Jiménez. There are two statements about the exhibit included in the pamphlet, one from the executive director of the Mexic-Arte Museum Sylvia Orozco, and the other from Blanca Garduño, who is an honorary board member of the museum. A brief biography of the artist and an image of one of her well-known works is also included in the pamphlet. There is a section that lists the Board of Directors and staff of the museum as well as some related activities that are located at the museum.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Mexico in Austin Collections] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Mexico in Austin Collections]

Pamphlet for Mexico in Austin Collections, an exhibition hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas from September 14th, 2000 to November 18th, 2000. The pamphlet includes a historical timeline and information about Mexican art. On the front cover is an unfinished drawing of a person with arms outstretched and palms open. Inside the pamphlet is a drawing of a growling dog.
Date: 2000
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Noche de Fiesta Navideña] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Noche de Fiesta Navideña]

Pamphlet presenting the Noche de Fiesta Navideña celebration at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There front cover features an abstract angel illustration that surrounds the date, time, and location of the celebration. The inside front cover contains sponsor information. The pamphlet includes an itinerary of the event and information about the museum, holiday traditions, and a silent auction. There is also a list of the Board of Directors and staff of the museum and a calendar of events. There are pages throughout the pamphlet that are dedicated to explaining certain Mexican holiday traditions, including poinsettias, luminarias, piñatas, posadas, and nativity scenes.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Santa Barraza: A MexieTejana from Nepantla] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Santa Barraza: A MexieTejana from Nepantla]

Pamphlet presenting an exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum entitled Santa Barraza: A MexieTejana from Nepantla. There is an illustration of a profile of an adorned Hispanic face on the front cover of the pamphlet, which was printed on blue speckled paper. There is text on the inside and back of the pamphlet that explains Barraza's style, inspiration, and background. The text is surrounded by more illustrations and copies of the artists' work.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History