EUROPE MEETS MESOAMERICA -- A CULTURE CLASH OF SKULLS AND LETTERS

A talk looking at the blending impact of European printed works with indigenous imagery in the worlds of art and letters, including some reflections on how Jose Guadalupe Posada together with his main editor, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo created an amazing body of influencial work. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/europe-meets-mesoamerica-a-culture-clash-of-skulls-and-letters/

Victoria Beer Honors Posada Calaveras for 2024 Day of the Dead Commemorative

Victoria Beer is one of the oldest Mexican beer brands in Mexico. It traces its roots to 1865 in Toluca, Mexico.This year they are honoring Jose Guadalupe Posada with calavera images modeled after those created over 112 years ago by the master print maker himself. We were honored to have been advisors regarding the images. Posada was know to drink tequila and since Victoria Beer dates back to his time, he might very well have had a Victoria.

New Play: Staged Reading of Catrina and Posada from Nov 2023 Now on Vimeo to Preview

Synopsis José Guadalupe Posada sits alone in his simple Mexico City apartment drinking tequila as he has done for years at the end of each calendar year. He is despondent, having a bit of an existential crises, questioning the worth of his life’s work, when he is suddenly visited by a mysterious yet familiar messenger. It is his creation known now as la Catrina. Has she come to comfort him? Or perhaps this calavera has a bone to pick with him on some hot issues? Real or dream, a debate ensues to a final dance in the grave. It's a work in progress but you can watch what we have so far! Copy and paste the link below into your browser. https://vimeo.com/1011675448?share=copy

Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX to Exhibit José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

Exhibition Dates: October 21, 2023 - January 7, 2024

 https://arlingtonmuseum.org/posada-legendary-printmaker-of-mexico

This is the first showing of the full new exhibition which includes many cultural and historical elements contained in the imagery created by Posada as exhibited over the last five years in the traveling exhibition José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico but expands on a variety of themes based upon suggestions and inquiries from curators and attendees alike. See illustrations by Posada recording the attitudes of his time exposing racism, LBGTQ rights and social injustice, plus selected works by contemporary artists influemce by Posada.

Mitchell Art Gallery at St. John's College, Annapolis, MD to Exhibit the José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

EXHIBIT DATES: JULY 21–OCTOBER 1, 2023 

https://www.sjc.edu/mitchell

The skeletons come out of the closet in this exhibition of satirical illustrations by an artist whom muralist Diego Rivera deemed ‘the guerrilla fighter of the broadsheets’

"José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico" Opens at the Museum of Art Las Cruces New Mexico

Dancing skeletons

Join us at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., for a new exhibition, “José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico,” featuring more than 60 pieces of the artist’s work as well as contemporaneous artwork that is influenced by Posada’s style. The exhibit will be on view from Nov. 4, 2022, through Jan. 21, 2023.

Posada and more in Sebastopol, CA Nov 19