Day of the Dead festival 2016
Chelsea College of Art
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The Mexican Embassy in collaboration with Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts with will host the Day of the Dead Celebrations on the 1st of November. The program includes workshops, lectures and performances to celebrate the unique and special way we have to remember our loved ones. Three Mexican Artists, Mauricio Cervantes, Demián Flores and Pedro Mendoza Ortega have been commissioned to produce this project.
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First ever Ibero – American Arts Award 2016
Presented by The Embassy of Brazil and ACALASP
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The Embassies of Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal, in collaboration with Itaú Unibanco, are delighted to launch the first ever “Ibero-American Arts Award”, an initiative organized by the Embassy of Brazil and ACALASP (Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal), in partnership with People’s Palace Projects, and sponsored by Itaú Unibanco, Latin America’s largest private bank. |
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The contest invites artists of all nationalities who reside permanently in the United Kingdom with an aim to provide a space to exhibit their work, as well as promote the presence and visibility of Latin American art in these latitudes. To mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More´s Utopia, participant artists should base their works on the theme of “Ibero-American Utopias”. Following the pre- selection process conducted by the curatorial committee, up to 30 works will then go on display for three weeks at the Embassy of Brazil. The Jury, who will judge the final selection, consists of five high-profile personalities from the Arts world, who combine expertise from the areas of curating, collecting and practicing art, as well as academia and cultural journalism, such as Robert Bound, Jerry Brotton, José María Cano, Marko Daniel and Catherine Petitgas. |
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The winners will receive cash prizes. The first place will receive £3,000 and the opportunity to put on a solo exhibition at the Embassy of Brazil in the heart of London, second place £1,000 and the third prize will be decided by the visiting public and will receive £1,000. |
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Submissions for the competition may include paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and prints. Participants must be aged 16 or over. Entries can be submitted digitally up until 16 October 2016.
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Exhibition “Ancient Mexico in Colour” by Adela Breton
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The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is showing an exhibition of ancient Mexican ruins meticulously painted by one remarkable woman; Adela Catherine Breton. |
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The extraordinary Adela Breton (1849-1923) worked at archaeological sites in Mexico making full-size colour copies of ancient Mexican ruins. Her copies of the wall paintings in temples and buildings in Chichén Itzá, Teotihuacan and Acancéh are now the only full record of what was there in the 1900s and allow today’s academics to interpret the images and the history they show. The images are recognised as of great importance for Mesoamerican studies. |
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For the first time since the 1940s, the large watercolours will be on display as a celebration of Adela Breton, her art and the art of ancient Mexico. Born in London, lived in Bath, worked in Mexico, travelled the world, died in Barbados. In 1892, she went to Mexico for the first time. With her guide, Pablo Solorio, she travelled the country, sketching the landscape and the archaeological ruins. The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is located in Clifton, and it is run by the British City Council. The museum holds a wide collection of national and international archaeology and the gallery has works from all periods. The building is of Edwardian Baroque architecture and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II.
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Book launch “The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America”
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A major new anthology of poetry from Latin America, The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America, will be presented in the UK on a launch tour starting in London and with presentations also in Newcastle, Cardiff, and Edinburgh. The tour will include the participation of the editor, Welsh writer Richard Gwyn, renowned Mexican poets Carlos López Beltrán and Alicia García Bergua, and Jorge Fondebrider and Marina Serrano from Argentina.
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The title of this book is from a poem by Jorge Luis Borges, translated into English by Alastair Reid. This anthology is composed with 156 poems and brings together poets from across Latin America, with some poems translated into English for the first time. Ana Franco, Alicia García Bergua, Claudia Hernandez de Valle-Arizpe, Carlos López Beltrán, Maria Rivera, Pedro Serrano and Julio Trujillo are some of the renowned Mexican authors included in the anthology. Carlos López Beltrán is Professor of History and Philosphy of Bioanthropological Sciences at UNAM. As a poet he has published four collections: Entre los intersticios (1980), Ciudad Erial (1982), Las cosas no naturales (1997) and Hembras desarboladas (2014). He is the editor and translator with Pedro Serrano of La generación del cordero; Antología de poesía actual en las Islas Británicas (2001) and also of 359 Delicados (con filtro); Antología de poesía actual en México (2013). He has also written several books of essays and academic works. Alicia García Bergua is a poet and an essayist and works as a texts editor in the science magazine for young people “Como ves?” and as coordinator in the creative writing portal-workshop on science communication Cienciorama of UNAM. She is author of some poetry books such as “Fatigarse entre fantasmas” (1991), “La anchura de la calle” (1996) “Una naranja en medio de la tarde” (2005), “Tramas (2007), among others. Richard Gwyn is the author of four collections of poetry, an anthology of contemporary poetry from Wales, two books of poetry in translation, and two novels, The Colour of a Dog Running Away (2005) and Deep Hanging Out (2007). His work has appeared in translation in over a dozen languages. His most recent book, a memoir, is The Vagabond’s Breakfast, winner of a Wales Book of the Year Award (2012). Gwyn is Professor of Creative Writing at Cardiff University and the author of Ricardo Blanco’s Blog. |
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The anthology will also be launched at The International Book Fair (FIL) 2016 in Guadalajara, currently the largest market of publications in Spanish. |
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The anthology will also be launched at The International Book Fair (FIL) 2016 in Guadalajara, currently the largest market of publications in Spanish. London: • Where: Official Residence of the Argentine Ambassador (by invitation) • When: 24th October 2016, 18:30 • RSVP: If you will like to attend please, send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Cardiff • Where: Council Chamber, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF103AT • When: 26th October 2016, 17:30 – 20:00 • Tickets (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fiction-fiesta-2016-the-other-tiger-tickets-28416558692 Newcastle • Where: Centre for the Literary Arts , Percy Building Culture Lab, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU • When: 31st October 2016, 19:15 – 20:30 • Web page: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/item/the-other-tiger-latin-american-poetry-in-translation • Tickets: http://webstore.ncl.ac.uk • Edinburgh • Where: Blackwell's Bookshop, 53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1YS • When: 1st November 2016, 18:00 – 20:00 • Web page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk Guadalajara – International Book Fair Guadalajara • Where: Mariano Azuela Hall, first floor, Expo Guadalajara • When: 29th November 2016, 19:00 a 19:50pm • Web page: https://www.fil.com.mx |
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Fernanda Cortés, Mexican artist
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Fernanda Cortés is a young Mexican artist who has recently finished her Masters of Arts in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art in London. Her work will be presented at the Young Masters Art Prize and the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. |
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The Young Masters Art Prize operates as a not-for-profit initiative of the Galería Cynthia Corbett and celebrates emerging contemporary artists who pay homage to the skill and innovation of the old masters and art of the past. It is recognized as an exciting, high profile competition that is innovative in concept.
Young Masters Art PrizeWhere: When: Web page: |
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