Mexic-Arte Museum Artistic Director was honored with an invitation to the 25th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. Ms. Orozco was invited along with her sister, and the duo created an “Ofrenda” in honor of their mother, community leader Aurora Orozco. The piece consisted of a [...]
On Thursday, August 25th at 10:30 a.m. the Austin City Council approved a Resolution supporting the 5th Street Mexican American Heritage Corridor. The Corridor, which has identified historically significant Mexican American sites along 5th Street, runs from Plaza Saltillo on the east side of I-35, all the way to Republic Square, west of Guadalupe Street, [...]
Earlier today, The Mexic-Arte Museum received a special visit from Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs Thomas Guevara of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Guevara and his two colleagues joined the Museum’s Artistic Director Sylvia Orozco, Managing Director Frank M. Rodriguez and Director of Programs Claudia Zapata, touring the YLA 16 exhibition, which [...]