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The Sam Z. Coronado Gallery & Community Gallery are closed as the MACC undergoes its PHASE 2 construction. To see upcoming programs hosted in locations all over Austin please visit MACC Programs and Events.

Online Exhibit: The Diosa Energy Within

All people can harness their Diosa (goddess) Energy. The artwork exhibited may be inspired by the artist or the influential Diosas in the artists’ lives who ignite, empower, nurture, persevere, uplift, and make waves of change in our world.

We invite you to view the digital version of our Holistic Wellness Program Community Exhibit “The Diosa Energy Within!” The exhibit was held at Ruiz Library from June 27- August 12, 2024. An open call for art took place April 16-May 10th 2024. Exhibit flyers and photos taken during our Closing Reception/Community Conversation are included below.

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Exhibit Images:

Yasmine Barrón
Santy
Oil on canvas, silver embroidery thread, and silver spray paint

A mutual impression and support reciprocated between sisters. My oldest sister and I have both influenced our little sister, yet she has developed her own perspectives as well. This painting is about nourishing connections.
Instagram: @Lunhadaa

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Zara
See Your Power
Mixed media collage on textured paper

This piece was created as a way for me to express my transition in power and selfhood. It signifies stepping into my power and taking charge during a very difficult time in my life. 
Instagram: @whereiszara 

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Jessica Rodriguez
Conectada: Iluminó el Mundo (Connected: Enlightened the World)
Acrylic and oil pastels

Our super natural power is the ability to connect our whole body with the light of God. This painting demonstrates how we can transmit that light to the earth, the universe,  and everything around us. 
Instagram: @bluedream10 

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Karla Casique
Corazón de Mujer (Woman's Heart)
Acrylic

A woman's heart blossoms every period of time, when her dreams, her goals, her longings are fulfilled. And she achieves success. 
Facebook: Purple Graphic Design 

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Karla Casique
Mia
Oil on canvas

This is a portrait of my daughter when she was a baby. She is my second muse and the most important woman in my life. 
Facebook: Purple Graphic Design 

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Sandra Ramos
Chain Breaker
Fiber and textile art

After my divorce, I created this piece to acknowledge childhood sexual abuse, domestic abuse, and the need to break the generational cycle of abuse in many Mexican households. 
Instagram: @tainted.stitches 

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Adam Setzer
the world is a stage, the world is staged
Mixed media on paper

This piece represents the duality of the modern world. The pressure to idolize and conform to the standards of beauty promoted on global platforms like TikTok and Instagram; and the inner struggle to "be yourself" and "find your own voice" in a society that values financial success over originality. 
Instagram: @adaset.art

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Sandra Ramos
Mas Alla de la Piel (Beyond the Skin)/Self Love
Fiber and textile art

Self-love goes beyond our physical form. I’ve learned to embrace all aspects of myself, not just the physical, but also the parts that once brought me shame. 
Instagram: @tainted.stitches 

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Sandra Ramos
Identidad (Identity)
Fiber and textile art

This piece represents the stitching of hope into the fabric of my soul. It's about sewing together all the fractured parts of my spirit towards reclaiming my worth and identity. 
Instagram: @tainted.stitches 

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Sandra Ramos
Healing Roots
Fiber and textile art

I'm honored to be a first-generation Mexican American fiber and textile artist. I've been blessed to have had talented artisan grandmothers who passed down a tradition deeply connected to my Mexican roots. 
Instagram: @tainted.stitches 

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Joanna Orozco
Coatlicue
Linocut

Coatlicue, “serpent skirt”, is a powerful manifestation of the Earth as a ‘Goddess’. She embodies duality of the Earth in Mexica traditional knowledge. 
Instagram: @Jojoimusic 

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Jennifer Fidler
Mom Shines When We Shine
Photography

Our late mom showing her strength and love for life while living with terminal breast cancer. The same strength and love she always shared with us despite any other unspoken challenges. She made things seem easy. On the other side now, I imagine this is her cheering us on from heaven. 
Instagram: @jenniferfidler

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Lorena Diosdado
Las Hijas de Cuauhtémoc (The Daughters of Cuauhtémoc)
Graphite and colored pencil on toned paper

This work is inspired by Chicana feminists who published the magazine "Las Hijas de Cuauhtémoc". I am honoring the work of strong women in history who have left a legacy of strength and care for their communities. They are all powerful women, embodying the energy of women and diosas from their histories.
Instagram: @lorenad.art Website: lorenadiosdado.com 

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Rebekah Ramos
Mujeres de Tehuantepec (Women of Tehuantepec)
Digital Media/Photography

The women of Tehuantepec, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, played an important role in their communities, living economically independent during the early 1900s. In these portraits from the Genaro García Collection, located at UT’s Benson Latin American Collection, Tehuana women display the intricate designs of their traditional Zapotec clothing. 

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Allysa Tellez
Mujeres Por La Raza: Women of the Chicana Movement
Digital collage of photos

These photos were taken from the Benson Latin American Collection representing the 1960s to the late 1970s in Texas. Chicanas played a crucial but often overlooked role in the Chicano movement. They bravely joined sit-ins and walkouts, marched, and boycotted despite having school or family obligations. 
Instagram: @allysamonique 

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Mary Jane Garza
Ojo de Diosa (Eye of the Goddess)
Mixed media- repurposed wire, beads, charms

I have been inspired by the Huichol who make Ojo de Dios with yarn and was deeply drawn to create my own with repurposed materials, especially bits of jewelry which convey the feminine aspect of the duality of god/goddess energy in the universe. 

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Monica Rodriguez
curamorismo
Mixed media, triple exposure photography

Unraveling layers through self-love unveils the true goddess within me. Siempre recuerda que eres la medicina. (Always remember that you are medicine.) 
Instagram: @loveleemonicaa Website: www.loveleemonicaa.com 

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Anuska Martinez Arguedas
Espiral de Autoamor (Spiral of Self-Love)
Photography

The intention behind this work is to show the divine consciousness. To recognize that harmony and the opportunity to create are latent in our consciousness, awaiting the opportunity to awaken and expand. 
Instagram: @anuwuska 

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Iztac Metztli
Preciosa Jade: Madre Chalchiuhtlicue (Precious Jade: Mother Chalchiuhtlicue)
Printed Digital Collage

Chalchiuhtlicue is a primordial mother sustaining all life on earth. Spiritually, she represents the Waters of Life that polish and transform our hearts from rough pieces of jade to beautiful precious stones. She teaches us the importance of polishing our thoughts and emotions so we can flow with the currents that sustain us. 
Instagram: @sura.kanimi 

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Albert A. Palacios
Túmulo/altar de antipatriarcas (Mound/altar of antipatriarchs)
Inkjet print on glossy paper

When royalty died, colonial Mexican society would create an ornate structure with their portraits. Using historical materials from the Benson Latin American Collection, this collage honors the women who navigated Spanish patriarchy and misogyny to not only survive but thrive.
Instagram: @llilasbenson 

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Ricardo Rodriguez
El Ultimo Baile (The Last Dance)
Acrylic on canvas

My work celebrates the tradition of ballet folklorico and La Catrina del Muerte. La Bailadora expresses power through dance, captivating audiences through the story of their movement that transcends even death.
Instagram: @ricos_inkstagram 

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To see our collection of virtual exhibits (online art galleries), please visit MACC Virtual and the Smithsonian Learning Lab. You can browse each exhibit with links below!

Exhibit Archive

Austin Studio Tours

By Big Medium (Not Available Online), 20th Anniversary group exhibition. Featured over 100+ local Austin artists! Thanks to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Big Medium has commissioned Alexandra Robinson, Brooke Burnside, José Villalobos, and Steve Parker to create site specific work at this year’s tour hub.

La Lucha Sigue: Eastside Stories 

By Arte Texas (Not Available Online), a Group Exhibit curated by Bertha Rendon Delgado. Featuring: Mando "Tanner" Martinez, Raymond "Rage" Mendoza, Raul Valdez, Serena Tijerina, Tony Gonzales, Mark Gonzales, Ramiro Marcias, and Eli Zapata.

Sendas De Mi Vida

By Blas E. Lopez San Antonio based artist's latest exhibit was on display at the ESB-MACC from July 2nd - August 27th, 2022. "I truly believe my calling in life was to be an artist, and cannot recall a time when I wanted to be anything else. Creating art is my life, my passion….I live to paint and I paint to live..." - Blas E. Lopez

Entropy

By Mery Godigna Collet (Not Available Online) Venezuelan artist Mery Godigna Collet uses art as a tool to confront complex social issues, which she then synthesizes into concepts for the viewers. Her works of art utilize a multitude of diverse materials and she works in different media from installations, paintings, sculptures, photography, and video. She challenges her viewers by consistently modifying and utilizing new techniques and unconventional materials so one can confront the ways humans survive, cope, and deal violence or by inviting one to deeper contemplation and self-introspection.

Caminos 5th Year Anniversary

By The Caminos Teen Program (Not Available Online) 5 Years of Caminos was on display in the Community Gallery to celebrate five years/ five classes of Caminos students! Featuring past/current artwork by the teens! For more on this teen program including the current application, visit AustinTexas.gov/Caminos. You can view photos by Mari G. Hernandez of the exhibit by visiting our Facebook.

Art Comes To Life, A Retrospective

By Joe Garcia (Not Available Online) Joe Garcia III is a self taught artist, originally from Lubbock Texas. Always had art on the mind. Drawing was his passion for the first 40 years of life. An Austinite for the last 29 years working in the corporate world while continuing to produce his art. In 2003, he attended Austin community College for one semester of Drawing and design classes, he caught the art bug. Since 2003 Joe trained himself to paint in black and white acrylic followed by a leap of faith into color.

Digital Exhibit: MACC Phase 2

On View March 17-March 30
Sam Z Coronado Gallery and Online
View the Digital Exhibit! Ver en español

The purpose of this online exhibit is to inform the public about the Phase 2 of the ESB MACC. This page was produced by the ESB MACC staff in conjunction with a physical exhibit on-site in the ESB MACC Sam Z. Coronado Gallery, which will be open for public viewing for the month of March 2022. The exhibit and this webpage invite the ESB MACC community to gain an understanding of Phase 2 and contribute their programming feedback in an interactive format. 

ART OF THE BULL

Art of the Bull by Manuel Miranda 

FIGURALO

Figuralo Youth Art by Austin students

AMULETOS

Amuletos by Luis Guerra was on display in the SZC Gallery from Sept 25- Nov 27, 2021. View the Amuletos Online Exhibit and this Smithsonian handout, Three Farmworker Projects & a Mural.

COLORES DE MI ALMA

Colores de mi Alma by Amado Castillo III (Austin, TX) was on display in the Community Gallery from June-August, 2021. View the Colores de Mi Alma online exhibit, as well as this student video project.

MULTI

MULTI by Coka Treviño is a virtual exhibit curated by The Projecto's Coka Treviño which was featured in The ESB MACC's annual La Mujer celebration in Spring 2021. View the Virtual exhibition, MULTI!

21/ Veintiuno Ender Martos

21/ Veintiuno by Ender Martos is an online exhibit that premiered in Spring 2021. It is accompanied by a sculpture installation on-site at the MACC. View the exhibit online: 21/ Veintiuno.The  exhibit can be viewed on www.veintiuno.art, on the Smithsonian Learning Lab.

This virtual exhibit includes a physical compenent at the MACC. The sculpture,  "Graceful Celebration of Diversity is a 3D installation that Ender Martos produced for the prestigious TEMPO art program of the city of Austin. It is on display on the MACC grounds near the hike and bike trail.

XX Timeline at the Crossroads XX, Diana Molina

XX Timeline at the Crossroads XX by Diana Molina premiered Sept 16, 2020-November 25, 2020.

Diana Molina is an exhibiting artist and curator at the ESB Mexican American Cultural Center for Fall 2020. Her online exhibit XX Timeline at the Crossroads XX, which coincided with the release of her book, Icons and Symbols of the Borderland, can be viewed at any time on her Digital Exhibit and Programs Page and on the Smithsonian Learning Lab.

Tejano History

Oakwood Cemetery is a Parks and Recreation collaborator with the ESB MACC. Their digital exhibits are published quarterly, often in collaboration with community groups and individuals. Exhibits include digital maps, audio, photos, video, biographies, legacies, and more. We expect this scholarship will continue for a very long time with the help of staff and volunteers. Because the exhibits are digital, we have the opportunity to add and correct the information as we learn. 

 

All Together Here

 

 

 

 

Caminar 
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Contribuir
en español

 

 

 

 

Reunir 
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To Believe

 

 

 

 

To Carve

 

 

 

 

To Change

 

To Elevate

 

 

 

 

To Emancipate

 

 

 

 

To Fight Fires

 

 

 

 

To Relate

 

 

 

 

To Remember 
en español

 

 

 

 

To Serve

 

To Vote

 

 

 

 

Unificar 
en español

Tours

The ESB-MACC galleries are currently closed. Tours will be available when the building reopens in 2025. For questions about tours and school groups email maccevents@austintexas.gov.

Caminos Murals

Mosaic Mural "La Mujer"

The mosaic mural, titled “La Mujer”, is in the process of becoming a permanent outdoor art installation at the ESB-MACC. Created by teens in the Caminos Teen Leadership Program, the mural honors Latinx women and serves as a powerful reminder of the transformational power of the Arts to bring youth and community together through creativity.

Caminos Program Coordinator: Frederico Geib
Artistic Mentor:  J. Muzacz

Caminos Mural (2018)

Created by students in the Caminos program in 2018, this handpainted mural at the entrance of the ESB-MACC commemorates Latinx heroic actions demonstrates a vision of global connection and world peace. Activist Dolores Huerta poses at the mural in 2018. 

Caminos Program Coordinator: Frederico Geib
Mural Artist Mentor: Raul Valdez

 

Caminos Legacy Mural (2017)

The Caminos Legacy Mural was created by Adrian Muniz, Analiza Valdez, Arnold Cordova, Jamie Martinez, Jesus Perez, Jyali Barrera, Karina Peña, Litzy Valdez, Mianiche Calhoun, Paula Monzon, Paulina Pereira, and Sarah Ruiz as a community arts mentorship project led by muralist and arts educator J. Muzacz. The teenage students in the ESB-MACC Caminos program painted a mural that celebrates the vibrant community around the ESB-MACC while showcasing their creative passion and vision for the future of Austin seen from the perspective of Latinx youth. The actual mural is simply the tip of the iceberg as this project involved dozens of hours of community interviews, historic research, and outreach. The result is a vibrant blend of ideas and feelings from long time community members, filtered through the creative lenses and originality of the twelve Caminantes of the Caminos Teen Internship Program.

Caminos Program Coordinator: Frederico Geib
Artistic Mentor:  J. Muzacz

Sculpture Archive

“Graceful Celebration of Diversity” Powder Coated Steel & colored acrylic sheet. (2021)
Ender Martos 

"The spatial relationship between viewer and object draws from my transnational story. Migration is change and contrast, but it’s also connection and sameness. I draw from my experience in hyper-structured U.S. society and the rich, organic, and vibrant fragility of my home country. My dual immersion inspired the contrast and connection that make optical illusion possible in my work. The materials aim to test the boundaries of authorship, belonging, perspective, and the self as narrative. I created eight cylinders because of their significance in Feng Shui and Chinese ideology. This number represents luck, fortune, and prosperity- all foundational ideas that form the American dream sought by many immigrants in Texas and beyond." - Ender Martos 

This sculpture was on display in the year 2020 on the MACC grounds, and has since been returned to the artist Ender Martos.

 

"Maya" Limestone (2017)
Reynaldo Alaniz

Reynaldo Alaniz was commissioned by the City of Austin to create Maya, a hand-carved limestone sculpture of an abstract female figure.  The piece was commissioned by TEMPO, the Austin Art in Public Places temporary public art program. Maya was exhibited in Austin's Edward Rendon Sr. Park in November 2017 as part of the East Austin Studio Tour, and can now be viewed in the Zócalo of the ESB-MACC on a one-year loan from the artist.

The sculpture was inspired by a Mayan figure called a Chacmool, which is a type of stone statue that has been found at archaeological sites such as the Mayan pyramid of Chichén Itzá and several Aztec sites near Mexico City. The Chacmool is a reclining figure whose head is turned completely to the side, legs raised, with a flat area on the abdomen where sacrifices were placed. There is no definitive knowledge of where and when they originated but archaeologists have associated them with the Aztec rain deity Tlaloc due to markings found on some of the Chacmools.

Maya is a hand-carved limestone sculpture that invites the viewer to consider the history of Mexico's indigenous past. The placement of the sculpture in relation to the ESB-MACC building is reminiscent of the Chacmools placed outside Mesoamerican temples. Maya isn't an exact replica of a Chacmool, but is a modern adaptation that uses simplified lines and minimal detail to evoke the presence of the ancient figure while holding its own as a contemporary art piece.

This sculpture was on display in the years 2019-2019 on the MACC grounds, and has since been returned to the artist Reyndlo Alaniz.

"Exoskeleton" Solar Hardware, Steel (2016)
Victor Pérez-Rul

Exoskeleton is a site-specific public sculpture for the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, designed by Mexican artist Victor Pérez-Rul whose artistic labor evolves around the empiric development of energy research through the multidisciplinary approach to science, technology, and art. Exoskeleton generates, stores and processes energy through its solar panels, specifically designed to produce an electromagnetic spectrum. Its relation to the environment shapes its behavior. Exoskeleton exists through a technological system in relation with the environment that enables stages of wakefulness and sleepiness, life and death, and the apparently motionless lifeless stage. "Renewable energy is key to its essence and purpose, to accomplish this collaboration with Solartec, a Mexican company specialized on solar energy. This project was accomplished thanks to the ESB-MACC, and to the donors involved: the University of Texas at Austin: Visual Arts Center, Victor Pérez-Rul and Solartec."

 

"Tejano Music Legends" (2015)
Connie Arismendi

This sculpture at the edge of the Zócalo pays tribute to local Latino musicians that were integral to Austin's music scene. The deep musical traditions and cultural contributions of the Perez and Ramos families are represented by the figures of brothers Ruben Perez & Ernest Perez, and brothers Alfonso Ramos & Ruben Ramos.  The Perez brothers are shown playing the saxophone and the Ramos brothers are engaged in song. The performers each led their own orchestra or band, and are joined by two curvilinear “stage structures” to symbolize the link between the two families. The vertical supports represent curtains on the side of the stage and a curving cut metal pattern based on a modified treble clef sits at the top and holds the names of these great families.

Indoor Features

"Uprooted Dreams" 2012
(Alebrijes)

"On permanent display in the Education Area upstairs at the ESB-MACC is Uprooted Dreams (2012), a site-specific sculptural installation that features over 19 individual, brightly colored woodcarvings, mounted in the public entrance of the Education Area. Artist Margarita Cabrera was selected to create an artwork which would engage the community in its production. "Uprooted Dreams is a work of art designed in the form of workshop production...nineteen members of Austin's immigrant community- guided by Master Artesanos, Ranulfo Sergio Ibañes and Lucia Luria Sosa, experts in the Mexican craft tradition of alebrije-created, carved and painted wooden sculptures. These pieces embodied artistic themes of uprootedness as they spoke to the transformation of people, land, and community. For the artist, artesanos, participants, and audience, the process and product of Uprooted Dreams provides an ongoing platform on which to build respect, equality, solidarity, and dignified ways of making art and creating community."   - Margarita Cabrera

 

Axolotl Aquarium
(Mexican Salamander)

The ESB-MACC houses an aquarium that is home to a very special species of salamander called the Ajolote. Their name is "Axolotl" in Nahuatl, which is an indigenous language of Central Mexico spoken by the Aztecs of Ancient Mexico and still spoken in Mexico today. Revered by the Aztecs, the axolotl is unusual among salamanders in that the adults retain large external gills and demonstrate a remarkable ability to regenerate lost body parts. The Axolotl once made its home in the interconnected lakes that filled the basin of Tenochtitlan, where Mexico City now stands. But over the centuries, lakes and canals have been polluted, endangering the animal in its natural habitat. Axolotls are now being reproduced in capitivity and then reintroduced to the wild. The ESB-MACC’ s Education Department maintains a collection of 3 Axolotls that reside in an aquarium in the Raul Salinas room to inspire and educate visitors of all ages.