Our Pick of Pics, Memorias del Olvido

The show started off strong. We had many art patrons show up right away!





People always looked closer at the weavings, I will simulate this for you...





Ximena and Cristian talk to our VP...





Art patrons discuss art. This is a lovely photo...





There is an installation piece on the floor...





A close-up, to show you the details...





If you haven't seen enough, please consider coming down to see this show...



Memorias del Olvido is showing through June 13th, 2009!
The Jazz Gallery is located at 926 E Center St. in Riverwest.
We are open Thursdays, 5-8p and Saturdays, 12-5p.


These photos, AND MUCH MORE can all be found in our Flickr slideshow.

p.s. John crafted this delightful fruit bowl...

A Sneak Peek...

Don't ya just love my sneak peeks? They are always appropriately blurry and far away...for enticement purposes. Does it work?

Come see this show on Saturday May 16th at 6pm for the opening reception.

Cristian Muñoz y Ximena Soza at the Jazz Gallery

926 E Center St in Riverwest.

Check Out This Event!

click the pic for a larger view....and come see this show, starting on Saturday May 16th!

Cristian Muñoz y Ximena Soza

May 16th - June 13th at The Jazz Gallery

Memorias del Olvido
Memories of the Forgotten

(please enjoy the artist bios we have, for the two artists appearing in our next show)

Cristian Muñoz ‘s artistic career started when he was still a teenager. During the years of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in his native country Chile, Cristian supported the student movement and the political struggle of that time. His political murals are now a part of several compilations on mural art. As a student Cristian used his art for making videos and documentaries, and has participated successfully in several short film festivals. One of his videos is in the collection of The Historical National Museum in Chile. During his years at Universidad Arcis in Santiago, Cristian was a teaching assistant in several subjects and participated in many collective exhibits. Since his arrival in Milwaukee in 2007, Cristian has been part of the show Emergent Latinos in Milwaukee at WPCA and many installations for Day of the Dead at UWM, WPCA, Latino Arts and The Milwaukee Art Museum. He also assisted Raol Deal in the multicultural exhibit Implosion in UWM, 2008.

Ximena Soza was born in Chile in 1975, a country that was deeply troubled by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet at the time. The experience has marked her as a person; she is now a teacher, writer and artist, whose work is always committed to social justice. Ximena has participated in several collective exhibits, showing her work in different medias, such as stone carving, metal work and weaving. In Milwaukee she has installed many Ofrendas for Day of the Dead at WPCA, UWM and Latino Arts. She also participated in the show Emergent Latinos in Milwaukee and In Borders, an exhibit about immigration into the United States, held at UW Oshkosh. Ximena has worked as a performing artist with different theater companies, and has also been awarded with several international literary prizes for her fiction and poetry. She has received scholarships and fellowships for her studies in education as well. Ximena is currently a teacher in MPS and a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Call For ARTISTS!

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