58 September 3 - 16, 2011 Artists show mix in influences
“Mixing It Up: Building an Identity” is an exhibition that celebrates and examines how works created by Mexican American artists are influenced by the cultures of both Mexico and the United States. It runs Sept. 17 through Jan. 28, 2012 at the Tempe Center for the Arts Gallery, 700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy. in Tempe. The core of the exhibition, according to curator Michelle Dock, features examples of Mexican American art from the collection of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University.
“These works address themes about personal identity: national identity, family and community and labor and border issues,” she notes. “The artists have an interesting way of ‘mixing up’ these themes to reflect their own identities. Some of the artists embrace cultural duality, some share more kinship to one culture and others struggle with balancing all of these ideas. Whatever their message, their art articulates experiences, impressions and issues in ways that words cannot express.” Area artists include Tony Olvera of Tempe; Manuel R. Burruel of Glendale; Moníca Aíssa Martínez, Martín Moreno and Frank Ybarra all of Phoenix and Larry Yáñez of Yuma, plus numerous California, Texas, New Mexico and Mexico artists. The exhibition is presented by the Gallery at TCA, Friends of TCA and Cortez Coffee. The Tempe History Museum and the Jules Heller Print Study at the ASU Art Museum contributed to this exhibition.
The exhibition provides free online curriculum units for elementary and secondary teachers and a Paper Cup Exchange featuring artist talks from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 13.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. For more, visit
www.tempe.gov/tca/gallery/ exhibitions.htm.
Copperstar raises curtain on new season
Tickets are on sale now for Gilbert’s Copperstar Repertory Co.’s 2011-12 season, which features a number of family-friendly performances like “Bye, Bye Birdie” in October; “Annie” in December; “The King and I” in February; and “Seussical, The Musical” in March.
For information on ticket packages, auditions and performance dates and times, visit
www.copperstarrep.org.
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INDOOR CONCERT: Performer Candy Coburn is the featured guest at a Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center fundraiser.
AZ Arts Go country at Banner Gateway fundraiser
Country-western performing artist Candy Coburn is the featured performer for the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center’s “Night of Hope” fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Wed., Sept. 7.
The event, to “celebrate hope and wellness,” also includes a fashion show hosted by Coldwater Creek with models who are cancer survivors and a dance performance choreographed by Epik Dance Company. Complimentary refreshments, massages and wellness activities will also be a part of the evening.
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center opens Sept. 26 on the Banner Gateway Campus at 1900 N. Higley Rd., south of U.S. 60 and Higley Road in Gilbert. It will deliver an “unprecedented level of cancer care” to patients in the SanTan Sun area and the
state through the collaboration of Banner Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems, and MD Anderson, internationally renowned for its cancer treatment and research.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required. Adults only. Call 602-230-CARE or visit
www.bannerhealth.com.
www.SanTanSun.com
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