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July 20 — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara to present ‘Sangre de Nopal’

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2024 • Comments Off

You are invited to the opening celebration of the exhibition Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Tanya Aguiñiga & Porfirio Gutiérrez en Conversación/In Conversation. New commissions and existing work from fiber artists Tanya Aguiñiga and Porfirio Gutiérrez will be featured alongside Oaxacan textiles from the Fowler collection.

In the spirit of Guelaguetza, the Zapotec word for offering or reciprocity, the evening celebration will include an Indigenous welcome, live performance by Filarmónica Maqueos Music, and exhibition preview.

Saturday, July 20, 6–9 p.m.
Please Note Special Location:
Fowler Museum at UCLA

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Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) and the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this exhibition offers an expanded understanding of Indigenous cultivation of cochineal, an insect-derived red dye developed by the Zapotec peoples around 500 BC, and centers ancestral knowledge, technical experimentation, and brings a special focus to immigration and labor justice.

Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal will be on view July 21, 2024, through January 12, 2025.

Press release can be accessed here.

CREDITS
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara and developed in collaboration with the Fowler Museum at UCLA. The curatorial team includes John Connelly, gallery director, Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College; Dalia Garcia, program director and interim executive director, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara; and Audrey Lopez, director and curator of public art, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Curatorial support was provided by Silvia Forni, Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum; and Amy Landau, director of education and interpretation, Fowler Museum. Tanya Aguiñiga and Porfirio Gutie?rrez served as artist advisors to the project. Additional project support has been provided by Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano, director, Museo Textil de Oaxaca; and Frederick Janka, artist advocate, cultural producer, and president, Board of Trustees, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal is made possible through lead grants from Getty as part of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. Additional funding is provided by the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, and the Pasadena Art Alliance. With special thanks to the Museo Textil de Oaxaca.

CAPTIONS L–R:
Artists Porfirio Gutiérrez and Tanya Aguiñiga talk and weave together under a cardón cactus in a field near Guitérrez’ hometown in Teotítlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico; Photo: Javier Lazo Gutiérrez

Porfirio Gutiérrez with cochineal in his hands, Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA (2021); Photo: Liz Fish

We look forward to seeing you at the museum!

¡Esperamos verles pronto en el museo!

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