-
Past Exhibition/Events
- Through Magical Eyes– A Traves de Ojos Magicos
- 2019 Dia de los Muertos
- Women and Men, who Paint Men – 2018/2019
- 2018 Dia de los Muertos Festival, Costume Ball Gala, and Exhibition
- Martine Sechoy Wolff Exhibition – 2018
- Concepto – A Mixed Materials Exhibition
- CROMOSEMIOTICA – A TONY COLLANTEZ ARTWORK EXHIBITION
- Women and Men, who Paint Women – 2017/2018
- IMAGINADOOR – Artwork of Tony Collantez
- Dia de los Muertos Costume Ball and Gallery Exhibition- 2017
- Fearless Frida – 2016
- Jade Payton
- Two for the Road –
- Romance in the Zone
“Build The World of Alebrijes” (Prop, Mask, and Puppet Workshop) led by lead puppeteer and performer Mindy Leanse
“Build The World of Alebrijes” led by lead puppeteer and performer Mindy Leanse as well as by writer, director Georgina
“The of [Un]Reason” led by Mexican, New York-based playwright Georgina Escobar – October 26th – 6pm-8pm
This workshop will set to explore, engage with, decentralize, immobilize, and activate a series of playwriting methodologies. It will prompt participants to create a story based on personal myths and set against a backdrop of a recent natural/cultural/societal/or political events. This is a workshop about "theatrical wild abandon" and it is to writers what a physical warm-up is to actors.
2019 Dio de los Muertos Art Exhibition
Join us Monday-Friday 10:00 am- 4:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Admission Free
2019 Dio de los Muertos Parade
See Art VallARTa’s Catrina Serina Art Car!
Commedia dell’ Arte Class with Robi Arce
Commedia dell' Arte arouse during the renaissance as a revulsive reaction to the theatre that was established, made for the wealthy in the courts, marking a turning point on the history of theatre. Commedia brought theatre to the people with larger than life characters that represented the society, establishing the profession of the actor-storyteller.
This workshop is a contemporary approach to Commedia dell’Arte that will serve as a physical comedy training for actors and non-actors. The characters of Commedia live on the edge of life and death and their motivations are visceral, the actor’s work is to possessed by the character and the mask. It is full of improvisation and based on archetypical characters. It is fast, funny, cruel, full of slapstick and uses society as the canvas to criticize our system but also ourselves!
Attendees will be exposed to:
- Body Awareness and Physicality
- The use of the Mask
- Character development
- Corporal dramaturgy
- Improvisation
- Musicality and rhythm
- Interaction with the audience
- The Lazzi
Dia de los Muertos Shrine Workshop with Carrie Eckert – Sold Out!
Come enjoy two days creating two different shrines in honor of day of the dead. In
this two-day workshop (October 16 and 17, 2019) we will be using a variety of found objects to create
shrines.
You will have the opportunity to either memorial the passing of a loved one
and or create a shrine with no person, but instead a theme. It is your choice in
working with two different boxes. Using assemblage techniques learned in the class,
you will compose your own shrines. We will make a tin shrine and a larger box
shrine.
If you choose to bring your own boxes, please do so, but please limit the size
to no larger than 15” x 15”. Bring your assortment of imagery and that box of
ephemera that you’ve been collecting forever and we will incorporate them into
your shrine.
La Noche de los Alebrijes” a bilingual play by Georgina Escobar in collaboration with Mundo Milagro
Thursday October 31, 2019 - 1:00 pm
Friday November 1, 2019 - 1:00 pm
Saturday November 2, 2019 - 1:00 pm
Sunday November 3, 2019 - 7:00 pm
Friday November 8, 2019 - 7:00 pm
Saturday November 9, 2019 - 7:00 pm
Sunday November 10, 2019 - 7:00 pm
Pan De Muertos, Day of the Dead bread cooking class
We will make two or three different types of traditional bread from areas of central, south and west Mexico. As we talk about this rich culinary history, we will study forming the dough using shapes that welcome and celebrate our ancestors.
Skeleton and skull sculpting workshop with Rob Marsh
Workshop 1 – October 3 and October 8, 2019 Workshop 2 – October 24 and October 29, 2019 Students will
Sugar Skull Class with Nathalie Herling
Come make edible Sugar Skulls for your El Dia de los Muertos Altar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Nathalie Herling will teach a class and offer you hands on instructions so you can make Mexican Sugar Skulls. This workshop will be for adults. Make Sugar skulls for all your future Day of the Dead celebrations.
Over the course of the morning will make different size sugar skulls using molds. After the skulls dry we will decorate. All participants will be taking home a good amount of skulls to decorate their own home altars.
We will start at 10:00 am at the ART VallARTa Studio on Calle Pilitas 213 where we will make the special sugar mixture to mold the skulls and set them up for drying. Approx 3 hours.
While we decorate the skull with bright color sugar frosting, sequins and various craft supplies. Bring names of novios and friends you would like to dedicate your skulls too and a small box to transport your new skulls. In the background we will have playing the Day of the Dead “Food for our Ancestors” video.