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Saturday saw the newest Art Everywhere Project exhibition at La Zona Art Gallery downtown.
The exhibit, "La Isla Bajo EL Mar" is described as conveying "the intersection of art, identity, and activism in the Black Mexican community of Costa Chica." It was curated by cultural anthropologist Barbara Columbus, who has done intensive research of the Costa Chica region in Mexico.
“It's very traditional—a lot of it depicting the culture, the everyday ways of Afro-Mexican culture,” she told TPR before the exhibit opened. “And for me, I always feel like there's an emphasis on them. The subjects within the art just being environmental with nature.”
Andi Rodriguez, the vice president of cultural placemaking with Centro San Antonio, leads the Art Everywhere Project. "It's a really fascinating exhibition by a woman, a local San Antonio native named Barbara Columbus, but she's also a cultural anthropologist," said Rodriguez. "And she's done intensive research of the Costa Chica region in Mexico, and she's really, I think, deep, deep down trying to convey how art, identity, and activism are being utilized."
There was also a screening of the film "Amare" by screenwriter Balam Toscano.
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