Molly Molloy *** Latin American Specialist *** New Mexico State University
Library *** Las Cruces, NM 88003 *** 505-646-6931 *** mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu ***
http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/mmolloy
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Subject: December Retablos Symposium
Please forgive any cross-postings.
This symposium will take place in Las Cruces, NM, Dec 13-14, 1999.
"El Favor de los Santos: The Retablo Collection of New Mexico State
University" Exhibition and Symposium
We anticipate that through our scholarly research, exhibition, and
community activities, the history of the 19th-century Mexican retablo
will be redefined within a broader cultural context, emphasizing the
continuity of Mexican religious traditions that have sought the favor of
the gods since pre-Columbian times. "El Favor de los Santos: The Retablo
Collection of New Mexico State University" is the most comprehensive
exhibition to date exploring the subject of the 19th-century Mexican
retablo (devotional religious paintings on tin.)
The exhibition was made possible through generous grants and
contributions from the Stockman Family Foundation, the Rockefeller
Foundation, the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs, the U.S./Mexico
Fund for Culture, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, Fondo Nacional para la
Cultura y las Artes, the New Mexico Arts Division, the Friends of the
University Art Gallery, and the New Mexico College of Arts and Sciences
Research Center.
After premiering at the University Art Gallery at New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, in November 1999, the exhibition will subsequently
travel to the Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico; the Museo
Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; the Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico; the San
Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California; the Mexican Fine Arts Center
Museum, Chicago, Illinois; and the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum,
Miami, Florida. The exhibition contains 170 retablos and 10 viceregal
paintings from the NMSU collection which are complemented by 75 loan
objects including statuary, paintings, and prints from the Museo Nacional
Antropologia, Mexico City; the Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City; the Museo
de la Basilica de Guadalupe, Mexico City; the El Paso Museum of Art, El
Paso, Texas; the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New
Mexico; and the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Twelve photomurals and four installations will help contextualize the
retablo tradition.
The Symposium will bring together the most prominent scholars in the
field of devotional painting traditions in Mexico and Latin America. A
previous grant from the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture funded these scholars
to spend up to a week researching the NMSU retablo collection. Symposium
participants are invited to attend the three-day celebration for the Virgin
of Guadalupe from December 10-12 organized by the local Tortugas Mestizo
tribe, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Catholic Diocese, and the
larger community of Las Cruces. This important local celebration includes
matachine dancers, a procession of images of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the
nearby Tortugas mountain, and numerous practices related to the present
continuation of the retablo tradition.
Monday, December 13, 1999
10:00 INTRODUCTIONS BY MODERATORS
REFUGIO I. ROCHIN, Director, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Center
for Latino Initiatives
MIGUEL BRETOS, Senior Scholar, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives
10:30 FELIPE SOLÍS OLGUÍN, Subdirector of Archeology, National Museum of
Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico
"Archeological Testimonies of Popular Religion in Tenochtitlán, Mexico"
11:30 MARCUS BURKE, Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Metalwork,
Hispanic Society of America, New York
"On the Spanish Origins of Mexican Retablos"
12:30 LUNCH
1:30 ELIZABETH ZARUR, Assistant Professor, Department of Art, NMSU
"Researching the Iconography of the NMSU Retablo Collection"
2:30 JACINTO QUIRARTE, Emeritus Professor, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
"Los Cinco Senores and La Mano Poderosa: An Iconographic Study"
3:30 BREAK
3:45 Panel Discussion- Retablo scholars and audience members
4:30 Transportation to University Art Gallery to attend a reception for
"El Favor De Los Santos: The Retablo Collection of NMSU," 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 14, 1999
9:30 MANUEL OLIMAN NOLASCO, General Director of the Nacional Commicion
de Artes Sagrado, Mexico City, Mexico
"Religious orders and the Mexican retablo"
10:30 RAMON GUTIERREZ, Associate Chancellor, U. of California San Diego
"Sacred Retablos: Objects that Conjoin Time and Space"
11:30 LUNCH
12:30 SOLANGE CHRISTINE BEHOCAREY DE ALBERRO, Professor, El Colégio de
Mexico, Mexico City
"Retablos and Popular Religion in 19th Century Mexico"
1:30 CLAIRE FARAGO, Associate Professor, Art History, U.Colorado,Boulder
"Prints and the Pauper: Artifice, Religion, and Free Enterprise in
Popular Sacred Art"
2:30 BREAK
2:45 VICTOR ZAMUDIO-TAYLOR, Fellow, National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
"Influence of Retablo Paintings on the Works of Contemporary Artists"
3:45 Panel Discussion
4:30 Transportation to the Mesilla Plaza-On Your Own-Exploring Shops
and Galleries of Old Mesilla
6:00 DINNER-Dining on your own in Old Mesilla Restaurants
7:30 Musical Entertainment, Mesilla Plaza
Travel Information
Southwest Airlines is offering "El Favor de los Santos" symposium
participants a 10% discount. Reservations can be made at 1-800-435-9792,
refer to the airline ID code G1149. The El Paso International Airport is a
one-hour drive from Las Cruces, New Mexico.
For touring the area, a rental car is a must. Enterprise-Rent-A-Car is
offering conference discount rate. Call toll-free for reservations,
1-800-736-8222, ask for option 2, dial 915-779-2260. Refer to code L63563.
For those not renting an automobile, the Las Cruces Shuttle provides
transportation between Las Cruces hotels and the El Paso Airport.
Reservations are required at 1-800-288-1784. A $35.00 round trip special
fare is offered to Retablo Symposium attendees.
Hotels
Special rates have been arranged at the area hotels listed below.To
receive our conference rate, rooms must be booked by November 29, 1999.
Mention "El Favor de Los Santos" Symposium.
Hilton Las Cruces Spring Hill Suites by Marriott
705 S. Telshore Blvd. 1611 Hickory Loop
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005
1-505-522-4300 1-505-541-8887
$69.00 (Plus tax) single or double $69.00 (plus tax) double or king
Holiday Inn de Las Cruces
201 E. University Ave.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
1-505-526-4411
$52.00 (Plus tax) single or $57.00 (Plus Tax) double
Shuttle service between area hotels and the conference site will be
provided at no charge to the symposium attendees. We suggest making
reservations from December 11th to the 14th to provide optimal time to tour
Las Cruces, La Mesilla, and the enchanting Mesilla Valley.
Symposium participants are invited to attend the three day celebration,
held December 10-12, for the Virgin of Guadalupe organized by the local
Tortugas mestizo Indians group, a Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the
Catholic Diocese, and the larger community of Las Cruces. This important
local celebration includes Matachine Dancers, a procession of images of the
Virgin of Guadalupe to the nearby Tortugas mountain, and numerous practices
related to the present continuation of the retablo tradition.
DETAILS
"EL Favor De Los Santos" Symposium Fees, TWO DAYS: DECEMBER 13 AND 14,1999:
Symposium registration fee: $100 per person (Fee includes symposium,
two lunches, breaks, reception, and entertainment)
NMSU affiliates registration fee: $7.50 for each lunch and $8.00 for
the reception. (Optional)
For additional information please call the University Art Gallery at
(505) 646-5423, fax (505) 646-8036, or email <artglry@NMSU.edu> Monday
through Friday 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. (MST).
Space is limited, 350 tickets are available on a first come, first serve
basis. Please fill out the order form below and enclose a check payable to
New Mexico State University or provide credit card information and return
to:
Sonja Larsen, El Favor De Los Santos Symposium Coordinator
University Art Gallery, NMSU
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3572
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Refund requests must be received in writing no later than November 30,1999
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