The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts – Turner House will present Octavio Medellin: "Spirit and Form" with Dr. Mark Castro with the Dallas Museum of Art and Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora by artist Ricardo Alarcón.
Dr. Castro, the Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art for the Dallas Museum of Art, will talk about how the first-ever museum introspective for Octavio MedellÃn (1907-1999), an influential Mexican American artist and teacher whose work helped shape the Texas art scene for six decades, came together. The DMA's exhibit, "Spirit and Form," includes a gallery displaying the sketches made by MedellÃn during his stay in the Yucatan in the 1930s.
The evening’s program will also include a small exhibit, "Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora," by artist Ricardo Alarcón, of Mayan headdresses in the spirit of those sketches. The event begins with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine, sodas and sparkling water.
The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts – Turner House will present Octavio Medellin: "Spirit and Form" with Dr. Mark Castro with the Dallas Museum of Art and Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora by artist Ricardo Alarcón.
Dr. Castro, the Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art for the Dallas Museum of Art, will talk about how the first-ever museum introspective for Octavio MedellÃn (1907-1999), an influential Mexican American artist and teacher whose work helped shape the Texas art scene for six decades, came together. The DMA's exhibit, "Spirit and Form," includes a gallery displaying the sketches made by MedellÃn during his stay in the Yucatan in the 1930s.
The evening’s program will also include a small exhibit, "Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora," by artist Ricardo Alarcón, of Mayan headdresses in the spirit of those sketches. The event begins with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine, sodas and sparkling water.
The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts – Turner House will present Octavio Medellin: "Spirit and Form" with Dr. Mark Castro with the Dallas Museum of Art and Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora by artist Ricardo Alarcón.
Dr. Castro, the Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art for the Dallas Museum of Art, will talk about how the first-ever museum introspective for Octavio MedellÃn (1907-1999), an influential Mexican American artist and teacher whose work helped shape the Texas art scene for six decades, came together. The DMA's exhibit, "Spirit and Form," includes a gallery displaying the sketches made by MedellÃn during his stay in the Yucatan in the 1930s.
The evening’s program will also include a small exhibit, "Plumas Mayas Antes y Ahora," by artist Ricardo Alarcón, of Mayan headdresses in the spirit of those sketches. The event begins with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine, sodas and sparkling water.