Related Experiences
| Advisory Participated in advisory committees including the Per Cent for Art program from the Harold Washington Library Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art's exhibition "Chicago Art 1945 - 1995". |
Panelist Has participated as panelist / judge with the Mid Atlantic Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, The Michigan Arts Council, Reviewing panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to panel discussions such as "The Visual Arts: Who are the Gatekeepers?" at the Chicago Cultural Center. |
Lectures Has lectured through the Midwest on Méxican muralists, painters, printmakers, traditions and popular art and culture. Lectures include: Méxican American Murals in Chicago, Taller de Gráfica Popular, Méxican Mural Renaissance, Posada and his Graphic Works, México's Printmaking Renaissance, Chicano Artists in the US, Self Help Graphics Artists, Alfredo Zalce, Day of the Dead Celebration, Muralists: Rivera-Orozco-Siqueiros and Méxican Popular Art. |
Educational For a decade he trained docents from the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum to give tours of in-house and traveling exhibitions. Trained docents from the Terra Museum to give tours of the Latino traveling art exhibition; ADIVINA! |
Co-Founder Galeria Ink Works, an alternative arts gallery in the Pilsen/Chicago community (1984 - 1987), the Mexican Printmaking Workshop, a non-for-profit artists' collaborative (1990 - 1995). Asociacion de Artistas Michoacanos de USA (2002 - present). |
Active Member Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL (1999 - present); Chicago Artists Coalition; the Taller de Gráfica Galigo, Melrose Park, IL. (1996 - 2000); Asociacion de Artistas Michoacanos de USA (2002 - present); Federación de Clubes Michoacanos de Illinois (FEDECMI); Association pour l’Estampe et l’Art Populaire, Paris, France. |