A new exhibit featured at the university\u2019s Ben Bailey Art Gallery evokes a sense of familiarity with illustrations rooted in South Texas and Hispanic culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicana artist and San Antonio native Marta Sanchez opened her new exhibit Train of Thought in the gallery on Friday, Sept. 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free to A&M-Kingsville students, faculty and residents of Kingsville, Sanchez held an artist talk detailing the inspiration and historical background of her exhibit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMarta has been working on a series of paintings of the San Antonio train yards near her childhood home. Through these paintings, she explores the role of trains in the Mexican migration through the Southern Pacific. Carpas<\/em>, traveling circus and vaudeville troupes that performed throughout Mexico, are the inspiration for another series that has captivated Marta\u2019s creative energies,\u201d as stated by artdemarta.com<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibit features pieces from both her train and Carpas<\/em> collections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Train of Thought consists of mix-media paintings and sculptures. The technique of painting on \u201ctin or industrial corrugated metal\u201d surfaces can be witnessed throughout the exhibit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vibrant hues of red, blue and yellow warm the industrialized landscapes depicted by Sanchez. Amongst train yards, equally vibrant scenes of Carpas\u2019<\/em> performances can be viewed in Train of Thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One series within the display features poetry from Chicana Poet Norma E. Cantu. The duo sought to create a \u201cliterary and visual endeavor by two Chicana women,\u201d Sanchez said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Train of Thought seemed to resonate with the attending audience for Sanchez\u2019s artist talk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe talked about portraying a stray dog in Dog on Seguin because she felt compassion for it, and that was something I really connected to. There is something lovely about the idea of placing such endearment on something that could be so easily overlooked,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n said fine art\u2019s major Sarah Jean Ruiz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to artdemarta.com<\/em>, Sanchez\u2019s art is featured in \u201cThe Philadelphia Museum of Art, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, The McNay Art Museum, The Fine Art Museum of St. Petersburg, Florida, and The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Train of Thought<\/em> is currently on display in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A new exhibit featured at the university\u2019s Ben Bailey Art Gallery evokes a sense of familiarity with illustrations rooted in South Texas and Hispanic culture.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[167],"class_list":["post-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"authors":[{"term_id":167,"user_id":15,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sprinkles-kelby","display_name":"Kelby Sprinkles","avatar_url":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/589b2a7f865123bf180131ac912a679b.jpg?ver=1778637593","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions\/2731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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