VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Talento Bilingüe de Houston (TBH) presents Drawn Out Death - An exhibition of drawings. Curated by Rolando Reyna & Angel Quesada.

TBH Center proudly celebrates its Fall Art Season with artworks by over seventy artists in an ambitious exhibit of drawings, and prints reflecting on the theme of death. Just in time for the Day of the Dead observances held across Houston, TBH offers its own unique twist of honoring the dead. A special musical performance by Nick Gaitan and His Calaveras will take place during the artist’s reception November 3rd at 8pm.

The title of the exhibition, “DRAWN OUT DEATH,” is a play on words. Using the theme of death as the point of departure, the curators came to a place of agreement. “I wanted to start from the opposite side of seeing life” says curator Rolando Reyna. “Using death as a starting point one could discover new ways of looking at the evidence of a life lived”- adds co-curator Angel Quesada. The exhibition had to be shrunk from the original concept. “Initially we wanted to exhibit one thousand drawings however, once we realized that this would be extremely challenging due to space we shot for a smaller exhibition with many quality artists,” muses Quesada “there’s always next year!”

The invitational exhibition has a strong Texas representation (Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Del Rio, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Dallas, Brownsville) and some artists from New York & Mexico. The total number comes to over seventy artists participating in this large exhibition of artworks which use drawing in their process. Some artists are using pen and ink, others pastel, some use needle and thread and some employ glass. Works are priced to sell $50 to $500 and, as a collection, is a well balanced display of emerging and established artists who use drawing regularly in their art process.

The exhibition, “Drawn Out Death” employs exclusively the artistic mode of drawing and is part of TBH's celebration of Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) during the 2011-12 TBH Visual Arts Season Program Calendar. Exhibition runs November 3 - November 27, 2011. 

Participating Artists:
Abel Ortiz
Adrian Jesus Falcon
Adriana MJ Garcia
Al Eckstue
Albrechto Alvarez
Aldo Fabian
Alex Rubio
Ana Fernandez
Angel Quesada
Angela Weddle
Annie Newlin
Arnoldo Damaso Perez- Gomez
Arte Libre Colectivo
Bernardo Diaz
Camargo Valentino
Camilo Gonzalez
Carlos G. Gomez
Catfish Perez
The Amazing Hancock Bros
Christian Navarrete
Cody Arnall
Cora Cohen
Daniel Anguilu
David Almaguer
David Pilgrim
David S. Rubin
Dayna De Hoyos
Derek Martinez Donaldson
Duane Johnson
Eddie Gomez
Félix Abraham Torres Rodríguez
Fidencio Duran
Gerald Lopez
Gissette Padilla
Grace Barraza-Vega
Greg Reuter
Greg Rubio
James Ciosek
James Huizar
James Gonzalez
Jane Madrigal
Jason Villegas
Jean-Pierre Verdujo
Jennifer Overfield
Jimmy Pena
Joe Pena
Jonatan Lopez
Jorge Alegria
Jose "Pepe" Rodriguez
Jose Fidel Sotelo
Kevin Munoz
Kini Chris Cooke
L.a. Vatocosmico
Lenard Brown
Lindsey Maestri
Lisa Qualls
Liz Conces Spencer
Lizbeth Ortiz
Louis Vega Trevino
Lucilla Flores
Manual Chapa
Mari Omori
Marie Valdez
Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert
Michelle Reyna
Michelle Smyth
Miz R Evenge
Monica Siebert
Nico Whittaker
Raul Castellanos
Rex Housemann
Robert B. Gonzales
Rolando Reyna
Saida Fagala
Sandra C. Fernandez
Santa Barraza
Sharif Bey
Stephanie Guajardo
Teresa Gomez Martorell
Tony Briones

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Pictured:  "Untitled" by Kini Chris Cooke (Graphite on paper).  (detail above, full image below).