Dates: August 18 - October 1, 2025
The gallery will be fully closed as we prepare for the next exhibition.
On Display: October 2, 2025 - February 22, 2026
Curated by: Bonnie Cisneros
Tejana curator Bonnie Cisneros shares the beauty of borderland roots and the welcoming tradition of “mi casa es su casa” in Madre_Land—an exhibition about memory, family, and the art of making a home. The show includes work from 26 South Texas artists and scholars, both new and established. Their pieces celebrate home life, creative resourcefulness, ancestral healing, and themes from nature and the environment.
The exhibition is inspired by the work of Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains and Dr. Tomás Ybarra- Frausto, who also has art in the show. Visitors will see altar installations, folk crafts, portraits of small homes, still-life scenes, collages, fiber art, creative object displays, research, and photography. The gallery is designed to feel like a family home, with areas that reflect a front porch, kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, children’s room, backyard shrines, and tributes to the historic Sunshine Bakery and La Guadalupanita Café. There are also special spaces like a cosmic night garden, an urban chicken run, and artwork from Siempre Verde: Art Commissions for Feeling & Healing.
Featured Artists:
Curated by: Rebecca Gomez
In Hispanic culture, families pass down folk tales (cuentos) by telling them out loud, sharing lessons and meaning from the past to the present. Some well-known cuentos include El hombre, el burro, y el perro (The Man, the Donkey, and the Dog); El Santo Niño (The Holy Child); and the legends of El Cucuy (mythical ghost-like creature, La Lechuza (the Owl), and La Llorona (the Weeping Woman).
This exhibition is inspired by these stories and by the book Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest. The five artists featured—all women connected to South Texas and the Southwest—created artworks influenced by these cuentos. Curated by Rebecca Gomez, the show includes paintings, prints, drawings, soft sculptures, textiles, and installations.
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