Art of Carmina Cortes to Be Showcased as part of Call and Response: from Artemisia to Frida Women’s Juried Art Exhibit
Exhibit Show: Call and Response: from Artemisia to Frida
Women’s Juried Art Exhibit
Koehnline Museum of Art, 1600 East Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Artists Public Reception: Thursday,October 6, 5pm-8pm
Art will be in display from October 6-28, 2011
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday 11am4pm
Des Plaines- Carmina Cortes, a resident of Des Plaines, has been selected for participation in “Call and Response: from Artemisia to Frida Women’s Juried Art Exhibit” an event hosted by the Oaktons Women’s and Gender studies program in cooperation with the Koehnline Museum of Art. Please join us by experiencing the artwork of Carmina Cortes as well as other artists during our public reception Thursday,
October 6, 2011 from 5-8pm. The exhibit will feature such artwork as Frida Catrina, frida Catrina is made of paper-mache with mix media. Frida Catrina wears an original handmade dress as well as colorful flowers on her head. She is a skeleton version of Frida in a colorful and very traditional dressed Mexican. Frida Catrina was made to inspire traditional and cultural awareness of Day of the Dead in our youth today.
Women’s Juried Art Exhibit
Koehnline Museum of Art, 1600 East Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Artists Public Reception: Thursday,October 6, 5pm-8pm
Art will be in display from October 6-28, 2011
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday 11am4pm
Des Plaines- Carmina Cortes, a resident of Des Plaines, has been selected for participation in “Call and Response: from Artemisia to Frida Women’s Juried Art Exhibit” an event hosted by the Oaktons Women’s and Gender studies program in cooperation with the Koehnline Museum of Art. Please join us by experiencing the artwork of Carmina Cortes as well as other artists during our public reception Thursday,
October 6, 2011 from 5-8pm. The exhibit will feature such artwork as Frida Catrina, frida Catrina is made of paper-mache with mix media. Frida Catrina wears an original handmade dress as well as colorful flowers on her head. She is a skeleton version of Frida in a colorful and very traditional dressed Mexican. Frida Catrina was made to inspire traditional and cultural awareness of Day of the Dead in our youth today.
