WTTW News on Skeletons of 'Legendary Printmaker' Posada

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Jose Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico Exhibition

Catalina Island Museum exhibition open from Dec. 23, 2017 to April 8, 2018.

Mexican Art comes to Catalina Island for the first time in this exhibition celebrating Mexico’s most prolific artist. José Guadalupe Posada’s images captured all aspects of daily life in Mexico City from 1889-1913, directly influenced artist like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, shaped the Mexican identity and continue to inform contemporary image making today. A wide representation of Posada’s work, including his famous Day of the Dead calaveras and the artist’s original printing plates, make up this first-of-its-kind exhibition. 

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The exhibition will feature text in English and Spanish.

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

East Los Angeles College Screening September 30, 2015

Sponsored by the Chicana/o Department of East Los Angeles College the screening of ART and Revolutions attendance hit 250+ students, faculty and more! Great feedback from Chicana/o Studies students. Bring on the next College!


Photo: Attendees line up for mini-exhibition viewing.

Happy Birthday to La Catrina (1912-2013), Jose Guadalupe Posada's Most Famous Calavera

Perhaps the most famous image that Posada created seen here is known today as La Calavera Catrina, which is the feminine of the Catrin or male dandy. The current year of 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of her first appearance in the publications of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Posada never illustrated her in any form other than as she appears here. As far as we know she appeared first in November of 1912, a mere three months before Posada died in January of 1913. But the popular image has since been portrayed countless times in full length. This credit perhaps goes to Diego Rivera who created a full-length version La Catrina in honor of Posada in his mural at the Hotel del Prado in Mexico City.