MEXICO THROUGH THE LENS OF WOMEN FILMMAKERS

"Negra" directed by Medhin Tewolde Serrano - Friday, Oct 14

"Winter Song" directed by Silvana Lázaro - Friday, Oct 21

In collaboration with the Mexican Consulate, the Mexican Cultural Center Emma Barrientos, Women in Film and TV Association, and Malakita Productions we are presenting “Mexico Through the Lens of Women Filmmakers”, a series of four screenings from contemporary women filmmakers honored in international and national film festivals. The screenings intend to reflect the notion of identity and a sense of belonging for the Latino and Hispanic communities.

AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR: EXHIBITION

Opens November 1st

This year Big Medium celebrates 20 years and 29 iterations of the Austin Studio Tour, the now combined East and West Austin Studio Tours.

From Nov. 5-20, a massive 520 artists, collaboratives, art spaces and pop-up happenings will be featured.

The tour started in 2002 with just 28 East Austin studios on a one-afternoon-long tour. Big Medium started the West Austin Studio Tour in 2012.

Now, the free, self-guided tour is staggered geographically over three weekends:

Nov. 5-6: West Austin

Nov. 12-13: West Austin and East Austin

Nov. 19-20: East Austin

This year’s group exhibition will be held at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, also the site of the Nov. 1 Austin Studio Tour kick-off celebration. Both events are co-sponsored by Origin Studio House, an enterprise working to elevate artists of color and champion local artists. Kick-off celebration details are to come.

In the meantime, you can start perusing the lengthy list of artists which, like in years past, is maddeningly alphabetized by first name: bigmedium.org/austinstudiotour

Music On The Plaza with For The Love Of It

Saturday October 22nd @ 12pm Zocalo Plaza @ the ESB-MACC

Austin musician Daniel Llanes will host free live performances outdoors on the Zocalo Plaza of the ESB Mexican American Cultural Center. Come enjoy good tunes and good vibes in the afternoon sun! Attendees do not have to register- this is an open event, outside, and appropriate for all ages. Dancing is encouraged!

Join the Facebook event!

FREE BILINGUAL YOGA WITH SANA YOGA

FREE Bilingual Yoga returns to the MACC on Saturday, March 26 at 10am!

Sana Yoga provides a pathway for healing with equitable and accessible programming, while organizing to reduce systemic factors that negatively impact mental health, physical health and social well-being amongst our Latinx community and other marginalized communities

Upcoming Dates:

• August 6th @ 10AM
• August 13th @ 10AM
• August 20th @ 10AM
• August 27th @ 10AM (MACC Day of Wellness)
• September 3rd @ 10AM
• September 10th @ 10AM

MACCNIFICO TEJANO & LATINX MUSIC SHOWCASE

March 17, 18, 19, 2022

The ESB Mexican-American Cultural Center (ESB MACC) will host its first annual MACCnífico - a celebration of Austin Tejano & Latino music and culture. We will showcase local musicians and performing artists who contribute to Austin’s diverse Latinx art community, inviting the public to celebrate the biggest week of live music in Austin. With live performances, food trucks, on-site activations, and special guests, it will be a “magnificent” display of Austin’s Latinx culture, so in other words, “MACC-nifico”!

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

The ESB Mexican American Cultural Center is proud to present our Día de Los Muertos event. This celebration has been a tradition at the ESB-MACC for over a decade.

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

¡Felicidades! Congratulations! The ESB-MACC is honored to announce our Awards of Excellence winners for 2021.

These awards recognize those individuals in Austin that have demonstrated significant leadership and have made meaningful contributions in the Latino cultural arts.

Thank you to those who sent in nominations, and to our winners, thank you for your service to the ESB-MACC and the Mexican American/ Latino Community.

COLLABORATION with

MEXAMERICON

MexAmeriCon, Austin’s first Latinx Comic Book Convention (Comic Con) is annually produced by a group of dedicated volunteers who grew up reading comic books and believe in the value of Latinx art and culture. Our focus at MexAmeriCon is to create a positive and inclusive environment for both artists and attendees to unite and share.

Latino Artist Access Program (LAAP)

Explore these Austin-based artists who are part of the MACC's Latino Artist Access Program (LAAP):

• A'lante Flamenco Ensemble
• Bilingual Club Communities of Austin (BoCCA)
• Chamacos Dance Company
• Edgar Yepez
• Erica Saucedo!
• Escándalo! Improv
• Fisterra
• Javier Jara
• Mauricio Callejas
• Monique Dache
• Proyecto Teatro
• Teatro Vivo

CAMINOS TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

CAMINOS is an immersive; one year long paid internship empowering Austin-area Teens to carve their own path in the creative arts. Students work alongside ESB-MACC professionals on a variety of community oriented activities.

The Students from the ESB-MACC teen leadership program meet most Saturdays of the year at the ESB-MACC. They undergo a rigorous application process and represent a diverse spectrum of schools and geographic areas of Austin, Texas. They are high-schoolers passionate about pursuing a creative career that can make a palpable difference in their communities. They are also very curious about learning more about Latin American and Indigenous cultures in the Americas and sincerely want to serve other teens by creating content and events that are relevant and enriching. In so doing, they become Ambassadors of Latinx culture in Austin while receiving precious professional development and empowerment along the way.

"Sendas de Mi Vida" by Blas E. Lopez

Exhibit Dates: July 2nd - August 27th, 2022

San Antonio based artist, Blas E. Lopez, opens his latest exhibit at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center on July 2nd, 2022.

"Many, many years ago, my beloved maternal grandfather, Don Manuel Diaz, a master carpenter, and an artist in his own right, saw an innate talent in his young grandson, and set out to nurture that talent. That gentle soul wore pinstripe overalls with an overabundance of pockets. I vividly remember him fishing a pencil out of one pocket, and a small pocket knife out of another. He would tear open the brown paper sack, in which my mother had packed his lunch, flatten it, sharpen the pencil, handing it to me, and saying, “Here, son, draw that tree, dog, horse" (whatever subject that was around).

He put that pencil in my hand so many decades ago, and to this day I’ve yet to put that pencil, or brush down. Thank you, papa grande!

I truly believe my calling in life was to be an artist, and cannot recall a time when I wanted to be anything else. Creating art is my life, my passion….I live to paint and I paint to live. Throughout my career, I have exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the states…Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, in particular, and collectors from throughout the country have acquired my work , here in the states, but collectors from abroad, also.

Hopefully, if you explore my art, you will experience my exuberance, and in doing so, my art will stir an emotion within you, whether it is fleeting or long-lasting." - Blas E. Lopez

MACC PHASE 2

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC) has entered Phase 2 of the 2018 Facility Expansion Plan (2018 Plan) approved by Austin City Council. Phase 2 includes expansion and renovation of the facility in addition to site improvements to meet the growing needs of the community. The completed project will support programs which foster meaningful understanding and appreciation of Mexican American, Native American, Chicano and other Latinx Cultures.

Art Comes To Life, A Retrospective

AN EXHIBIT BY JOE GARCIA

Joe Garcia III is a self taught artist, originally from Lubbock Texas. Always had art on the mind. Drawing was his passion for the first 40 years of life. An Austinite for the last 29 years working in the corporate world while continuing to produce his art. In 2003, he attended Austin community College for one semester of Drawing and design classes, he caught the art bug. Since 2003 Joe trained himself to paint in black and white acrylic followed by a leap of faith into color.

He left the corporate world to pursue art and his dream full time in 2015. The results are and styles have gone through a number of artistic changes through the years.

Before you....the evolution of an artist!

Figuralo 2021!

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC) in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institute are proud to present the 2021 Figuralo, Youth Exhibit. Figuralo 2021 will showcase the exploration of artistic mediums through figurines, figurative images and figurative narratives.

Figuralo 2021 will be held in-person at the ESB-MACC from Dec 11, 2021 to January 15, 2022 and showcased virtually via the Smithsonian Institutes’ Learning Lab; meaning all works will be shown in-person and online via the Smithsonian Learning Lab (SLL). This is a wonderful opportunity for young artists to show their work locally, while also being featured in a major virtual gallery. All young artists are highly encouraged to submit their wonderful creations. Details regarding submissions are below. For more information please contact Lori Navarrete, Culture & Arts Education Specialist at lori.navarrete@austintexas.gov.

Exhibit opens December 11, 2021 and will be on display until January 15, 2022.

Recuerdos: FOTO ATX 2021

Celebrating 14 years of culture !

Recuerdos is a collection of photos taken by MACC photographers Ulises Garcia and Mari Hernandez during events at the ESB MACC from 2007 to the present.

MULTI

Curated by Coka Trevino

MULTI is a virtual exhibit curated by The Projecto's Coka Treviño which will be featured in The ESB MACC's annual La Mujer celebration!

This exhibition features Ariana Brown, Patricia Carrington, Fina Ferrara, Irene Antonia Diane Reece, and Natalia Rocafuerte!

Textile Poetics

This virtual art exhibit features TEXTILE POEMS by Mery Godigna Collet, TELL ME IT HAUNTS YOU TOO by Angelica Raquel Martinez, I ONLY HAVE DYES FOR YOU by Margita Pencevova, THE POETRY OF SILENCE by Annette Turrillo, and COLONIAL LEGACY by Mery Godigna Collet.

EL CAMINO DEL CORAZON

BY ROSY CAMPANITA

A photography exhibit, El Camino del Corazon, The Path of the Heart documents 13 years of struggle, persistence, and resilience between 2003-2016 –capturing moments borrowed from the universe, fragments of elements loaned by nature and life– as a testimony to signs of a rapidly changing world. A glimpse of these borrowed moments from time lends the viewer a unique social-political perspective from the crossroads of Indigenous struggle, cultural migration, resistance movements, and cultural resilience.

Spanglish Series

This digital series with El Projecto ATX interviews artists and creatives in our community.

¡Vamonos! by the Caminos Teen Program

Every other Friday we connect with you through ¡Vamonos!, our #atxcaminos bi-weekly show by young people for young people with the goal to empower Latinx and all youth to carve our own path.

Virtual Tour of the MACC

Learn about the history of the MACC and outdoor sculptures as well as a few fun facts about the MACC! Then take a deep dive tour of the MACC on the Smithsonian Learning Lab! For all ages, this can be used like a virtual field trip and combined with other MACC programs.

Arts Responders

ArtsResponders: Social Practice Responds to COVID-19. Two Artists, the band Guateque Son and Muralist J Musacz will train in Social Practice, to organize and engage community in an artistic response to cope with and overcome COVID-19.

The program will run October 5 to March 31, 2020.