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SUMMARY:Art & Curator in Dialogue: i thought i saw you yesterday
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Jesus Miguel Avena and curator hazel batrezchavez in conversation exploring themes of memory\, and ancestral knowledge as part of the exhibit programing for i thought i saw you yesterday. \nSun Oct 4th 12:30-1:30pm // Wells Fargo Auditorium in the Roy E. Disney Performing Arts Center at the National Hispanic Cultural Center\, 1701 4th St SW Albuquerque\, NM 87102 \nAbout the artist: Jesus Miguel Avena is a Mestizo\, Queer Mexican American oil painter and ceramicist based in Santa Fe\, New Mexico. His work explores identity\, embodiment\, and cultural hybridity through visual storytelling informed by Mesoamerican mythologies\, Indigenous philosophies\, and the concept of Nepantla — an in between space of transformation. Moving between painting and clay\, Avena creates figurative works and ceramic objects that examine memory and layered Mexican American histories. He earned degrees from Santa Fe Community College (2022) and the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA\,2024). Avena has exhibited nationally\, participated in the Venice Biennale through an IAIA–Marist partnership\, and currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at IAIA while preparing to pursue an MFA.
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LOCATION:National Hispanic Cultural Center\, 1701 4th St SW\, Albuquerque\, NM
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SUMMARY:Opening: i thought i saw you yesterday
DESCRIPTION:i thought i saw you yesterday \nON VIEW: Fri. September 18\, 2026– May 30\, 2027 \nOPENING: Fri. September 18\, 2026 at 5-7:30pm \nNine artists interweave their memories and ancestral knowledge to create a dialogue between life cycles\, food\, land\, place\, and the body in i thought i saw you yesterday\, curated by hazel batrezchavez. \ni thought i saw you yesterday\, will be on view starting September 18\, 2026- May 30\, 2027 at the Community Gallery within the Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque\, NM. \nJoin us for a free reception on Fri. September 18\, from 5-7:30pm\, music by DJ Estalactita \nAmanda Dannáe Romero\, ashleigh steele chavez\, Caroline Liu\, claudia hermano\, Esteban Ismael Durán\, Jesus Miguel Avena\, Joe Ramiro Garcia\, Margarita Paz-Pedro\, Stephanie J. Woods \n— \ncreí verte ayer \nFECHAS DE LA EXHIBICÍON:  18 de septiembre de 2026 – 30 de mayo\, 2027 \nINAUGURACIÓN: viernes 18 de septiembre de 2026 \nNueve artistas entrelazan sus memorias y conocimientos ancestrals para crear un diálogo entre los ciclos de la vida\, el alimento\, la tierra\, el lugar y el cuerpo en creí verte ayer\, curada por hazel batrezchavez. \nLa inauguración de creí verte ayer es 18 de septiembre de 2026 – 30 de mayo\, 2027 en La Galería Comunitaria del Museo de Arte del Centro Cultural Nacional Hispano en Albuquerque\, NM.Inauguración viernes 18 de septiembre de 2026\, a las 5 – 7:30pm Con música de DJ Estalactita \nAmanda Dannáe Romero\, ashleigh steele chavez\, Caroline Liu\, claudia hermano\, Esteban Ismael Durán\, Jesus Miguel Avena\, Joe Ramiro Garcia\, Margarita Paz-Pedro\, Stephanie J. Woods \n—\nARTWORK IMAGE: Jesus Miguel Avena\, De otros colores\, seya la media naranja (Of Other Colors be the Better Half
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LOCATION:National Hispanic Cultural Center\, 1701 4th St SW\, Albuquerque\, NM
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