anthill gallery & vintage curiosities joins in the celebration of National Latino Heritage Month with a new exhibition of art. "Arte Michoacana from Cobden”, art by Juana Duran, Lilia Duran, Catalina Charicata and Elizabeth Duran, opens at anthill gallery in Cobden on September 13. Sand painting, photography and traditional Mexican embroidery/crochet will be featured.
National Latino Heritage Month, initiated by President Lyndon Johnson and expanded by President Reagan, celebrates the anniversary of independence of five Latin American Countries, together with independence celebrations of Mexico, Chile & Brazil.
Juana Duran, born in Cheran, Michoacan, Mexico, settled in Cobden with her family in 1998. This exhibition is a collaboration of talent from Juana’s family: Catalina Charicata, her maternal grandmother; Lilia Duran, her mother; and Elizabeth Duran, her sister.
Juana apprenticed with Cobden artist Victor DeGraff, honing her skills in sand painting prior to his death in 2008. Sand painting is the art of pouring dyed or natural colored sands and pigments from minerals onto a hard or textured surface, or a stretched canvas and held in place with deluded glue. All of Juana's pieces are done with natural sand and minerals, creating beautiful, vibrant textured abstract and sculptural forms. Her more figurative work includes finely detailed images of the lush orchard country gracing the hills of Cobden.
Catalina Charicata came to the United States in the early ’90’s, eventually settling with her family in Cobden, which she describes as a “little Michoacan”. She creates exuberantly colored traditional Mexican embroidery, embellished with delicate crochet lace. These pieces, from a tradition handed down among Mexican women, are used as table cloths, wraps for keeping tortillas and bread hot and as decorative centerpieces.
Lilia Duran takes traditional Mexican embroidery into new dimensions, experimenting with colorful borders of lavish crochet to frame a central image.
Elizabeth Duran, a senior in Cobden High School, turns her talents toward photography, capturing an array of digital images unique to Southern Illinois, in both color and black and white.
This exhibition will open at anthill gallery located at 102 N. Front Street in Cobden, on September 13 through October 27. A public reception will be held on Saturday, October 12 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. as part of the "Unity for the Arts" Colorfest weekend. Hours of operation for anthill gallery areWednesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m.
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