Exhibition of Original Art from Gonzalo Rocha's New Illustrated Book Celebrating José Guadalupe Posada's life

BOOK REVIEW HERE: https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-posada-by-gonzalo-rocha-is-a-fascinating-portrait-of-an-influential-mexican-artist/

GoFundMe Support for Grave Dancing!

https://gofund.me/f34934fc PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR PLAY! Read all about it in the link!

New Jose Guadalupe Museum in Coyoacan Mexico City; FABULOUS!

https://www.museosalonposada.mx/ Tres Cruces 99, Coyoacán, 04010 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico 5556593765 tel en Mexico! salon.posada.coyoacan@gmail.com

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.

Cal State Univ Dominguez Hills Posada and Art Exhibition

On View NOW!

Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art

October 7 – December 13, 2019

NOVEMBER 4- Screening of documentary ART and Revolutions--Searching for Posada with lecture about Posada's life and influence by Posada Art Foundation Director and co-producer of the documentary.

WTTW News on Skeletons of 'Legendary Printmaker' Posada

https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/30/exhibit-digs-satire-and-skeletons-legendary-printmaker-posada

Jose Guadalupe Posada Makes the Top 7 List at the MALBA in Argentina

José Guadalupe Posada. “La calavera catrina”, ca. 1912. Zincografía. 23 x 31 cm

 

4. José Guadalupe Posada, La calavera catrina (1912)

Convertida años después en símbolo oficial de la celebración del Día de los Muertos -tradición azteca que se remonta a la época prehispánica-, La calavera catrina es una zincografía (impresión que reemplaza la piedra litográfica por la plancha de zinc) pintada por el artista José Guadalupe Posada en 1912. Una calavera con un distinguido sombrero de plumas es la imagen elegida para criticar de manera metafórica a la aristocracia mexicana, a las clases privilegiadas, antes de la revolución. "Catrina es algo así como un dandy, un snob, una figura típica de la modernidad, que quiere simular ser algo que no es", explica Victoria Giraudo. La metáfora de la muerte implica que "así como estás, te vas, no importa si seas rico o pobre", agrega la curadora mexicana Ariadna Patiño Guadarrama. Años después la imagen será tomada a modo de homenaje por Diego Rivera, como tema central de uno de sus murales más destacados, Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central. Finalmente, la catrina se incorpora al imaginario colectivo mexicano como una de las representaciones centrales del Día de los Muertos, cada 2 de noviembre, un festejo para recordar a los seres queridos que ya no están, con ofrendas, flores, velas y mucho color. FROM:https://www.infobae.com/america/cultura-america/2017/11/11/7-obras-imperdibles-de-la-gran-muestra-de-arte-mexicano-del-siglo-xx-que-se-exhibe-en-el-malba/

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/

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month with Jose Guadalupe Posada Exhibition at Los Angeles Southwest College Sept 21- Oct 20, 2017

Los Angeles Southwest College will host am exhibition of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

http://www.lasc.edu/hhm/hhmatlasc.html

Posada Work on Loan for Mission Cultural Center Show Opening May 5

Nov. 20, 2015 7pm Screening at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco

Davidson Galleries of Seattle and the Posada Art Foundation to Screen Documentary and Exhibit Art

Screening of ART and Revolutions at the Davidson Galleries in Seattle, WA Saturday October 24 at 2 pm. Great exhibition of over 50 works by Posada and Manuel Manilla.

www.davidsongalleries.com

Selected for the Jerome Indy Film and Music Festival Sept-3-6, 2015

In the heart of Arizona's historic Verde Valley where copper and gold mines hummed to the tune of drills and blasting caps while to the south JG Posada worked his trade engraving his way into history. Anyone free come out please and see the towns of Jerome, Clarkdale and Cottonwood ...and some great films!

www.jeromefilmfestival.com

Sonoma International Film Festivals Results

The Sonoma International Film Festival was a big hit! www.sonomafilmfest.org. The first screening of ART and Revolutions was soldout at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, screening on March 28. The film was introduced by the new CEO of the San Francisco based Mexican Museum, Cayetana S. Gomez www.mexicanmuseum.org.

A second screening was set up to allow for the those who could not be seated for the first screening. The second screening was at La Luz Community Center which we believe would have put a smile on JG Posada's face as the center provides services to many people in the community most of whom are from Mexico. The   second screening was introduced by the new Cultural Attache of the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco, Paula Linares Cruz, http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sanfrancisco/.
The director, Victor Mancilla flew in from
Los Angeles to take part in the question and answer sessions that followed the screening.

Selected by the Sonoma International Film Festival 2015!

Our first Film Festival!

On March 28 in Sonoma, CA ART and Revolutions will screen. An exhibition of Posada's art is planned so please come! Details will be announced as times become available.

Richmond Art Center October 23 Film Screening