MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE NEW ORLEANS

Mexican artists María José de la Macorra and Eric Peréz will give a gallery talk to discuss the current exhibition “Clay in Transit: Contemporary Mexican Ceramics” (which features works by María José de la Macorra) and the focus and process of their work. March 22, 2018 at 12:00pm Newcomb Art Museum Tulane University New Orleans

In conjunction with the Tricentennial celebration of New Orleans,  Salazar: Portraits of Influence in Spanish New Orleans    will tell the story of Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (c. 1750-1802) a native of Merida, Yucatan, whose career spanned most of the Spanish administration of New Orleans. Through a re-examination of about 30 of his most pertinent works, a view of Spanish colonial New Orleans will be achieved. His oeuvre will be further contextualized in relation to works and other historical artifacts reflective of the city as a site of mobility and transatlantic artistic exchange. The Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans is pleased to be a  collaborator in this exhibition.