Lecture On JG Posada Sept 16, 2018 In Turlock, CA

Director of the Posada Art Foundation, Jim Nikas, will explore the life and artworks of Mexican printmaker and illustrator, José Guadalupe Posada. FREE!

Link for Directions: https://www.heyturlock.com/event/arts-lecture-jim-nikas/

Searching for Posada--ART and Revolutions to Screen at La Calaca Festival Mexico

What better place to screen the documentary about the artist who, more than anyone else, popularized the Calavera?

http://lacalacafestival.com/2017/evento/searching/

 

 

Noticia Muy Triste: Joaquina Vanegas Arroyo ha Fallecido

At noon on Friday, September 21, 2012 passed from this life Joaquina Vanegas Arroyo, burdened by diabetes that caused the loss of one leg and other related health issues, she is at rest now. Granddaughter of don Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, who collaborated for 22 years with famed artist Jose Guadalupe Posada; beloved sister of Irma and reknowned lucha libre star brother, Arsacio, who together formed a partnership with Fidel and Raul Castro, “Che” Guevara and the Cuban Revolution, just like them, she made history for all of Latin America. She will be missed by those who knew and loved her.

Monografia: Jose Guadalupe Posada

Published in 1930, the Posada Monografia was the first major publication devoted to Posada's work. The publisher was Francis Toor of Mexican Folkways and it was really a collaboration of many artists of the time.
    In addition to Francis Toor, Paul O'Higgins (aka Pablo Esteban O'Higgins, b. 03/01/1904 - d. 07/16/1983) pulled prints from the original plates that were at the Vanegas Arroyo Publishing house. Blas and his son Arsacio were running the printing house in those days. Diego Rivera wrote a short forward for the publication and Jean Charlot was also involved. This publication helped bring Posada's name into the spotlight and in many ways could be considered the defining work that allowed many people to see for the first time who the artist was that created so many of the images that had appeared in dozens of publications in Mexico from about 1872 and even after Posada's death in 1913.