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Group Shows and Celebrating Festivities

Celebration of Life During Day of the Dead ~ Dia de los Muertos

Here at the gallery we are hosting an exhibit and tribute to celebrate Dia de los Muertos on Saturday, October 22nd. The exhibit will feature work from nine local artists; Mary Bravo, Beto Bravo Christine Benjamin, John Cloud, Renee Berglund, Mary Medrano, Sonya Paz, Carlos Villez. Each of these artists come from diverse backgrounds and share an individual approach to their expressions of life, death and hope through their powerful, yet fun works.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with this celebratory event,  Mexico’s Day of the Dead extended holiday is a unique celebration of life that unites the country on Nov. 1 (All Saints Day) and Nov. 2 (All Souls Day). With each artist paying homage to deceased loved ones in slightly different but equally colorful ways.

Dia de Los Muertos Event

Dia de Los Muertos Event

The Day of the Dead observances are stemmed from the indigenous beliefs shared by the Aztecs, Mayans, Purepecha, Nahua, Totonac and Otomi that the souls of the deceased return annually to visit living relatives and eat and drink with them. These ancient cultures all celebrated the return of their dearly departed with festivals and fanfare.

These nine fabulous painters will kick-off the week long exhibition with an opening reception at the Sonya Paz Gallery in Downtown Campbell on Saturday, October 22nd from 6- 10pm. The show will run through Friday, October. 28th, and will highlight the artists’ personal reflections of this spiritual holiday. From dancing skeletons to sugar skulls and coffins, today’s Day of the Dead celebrations continue the festive tradition and are alive with activity because in Mexico, loved ones don’t ever truly die.

Opening reception is Saturday, October 22nd from 6pm to 10pm. The show will run through Friday, October 28th, 2011.

If you are able to make this event it would be great, we would love ot see you!

Fashion, Muses and Couture

Paris, New York, Milan, Miami, They all have them, they are seasonal, fall, spring, summer, winter. A couture collection of designers inventing and reinventing  styles that can fill a runway.  I am referring to this thing called Fashion Week.

I am truly fascinated at the amount of time that these designers take from season to season to  prepare, from the sketch designs to the pattern concept, the facilitation and fabrication of the fittings to the finished product. One single design can involve several people and a lot of talent behind it all. Along with this entire year of preparation comes a lot of planning and stress designed for perfection.

My Glamour Muse

My Glamour Muse

Our downtown Campbell is hosting its 3rd Annual Fashion Frenzy which will be a fabulous event for our downtown merchants and there will be several awesome owner operated boutiques and specialty shops participating.  A fun and successful showcase of variety of fashion, music and trends.

As as artist I feel the need to create and develop new works all of the time, not only is this pertinent in the visual larger scale paintings, but the fun wearable art that you can sport.

I am in the midst of designing several new products for this upcoming winter season that will debut at the fashion show on November 5th at the Villa Ragusa, I can verify that the amount of time it takes to get ready and ramped up is very stressful, even though I have had 10-12 weeks to prepare, there are obstacles to overcome and technical challenges to wade through… but these are the educational things that make us learn and grow. So, on with the design and a heavy date with my glamour muse.

If you are in search for fun new style of apparel and accessories come out to downtown Campbell for a night of fun, fashion, drinks, food, silent auction and so much more!  Make this is a great opprotunity to make it a night out with the girls and experience some fabulous new finds!   For more information, visit www.downtowncampbell.com .