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Saturday, March 23rd, Los Mangos Library opens its doors at 6:30 pm to fill the night with light, art, movement, color, and intense, creative energy in the “EMERGENTE” exposition of alternative art, art as you may have never seen it before in this city.

The library’s reason to be is to shelter different cultural manifestations and to put them within the reach of the community, with the purpose of enriching and strengthening values such as respect, integrity, creativity and character. So then, faced with lack of spaces dedicated to the exposure of diverse, rising young, local art, a new generation group of artists, lead and brought together by Gabriela Munguía, have created an event with the finality of revealing talents and showing movements and tendencies that are being generated in all fields of plastic and audiovisual arts throughout the whole world; and showing how these young people are the creators of such movements.

This exposition has been conceived as a party for the senses, an occasion to meet with people and art that proposes, touches, affects, and widens our vision of the region’s artists.

Artistic expressions, such as paintings, photography, etchings, music, short films, object-art, and video projections will be exhibited in the library and its gardens. Los Mangos Library gives itself to the community and promotes culture and art in all of its forms, convinced that it is in places like this where ideas that make a country grow are generated and nurtured.

Come and live the experience of art like never before. All of the pieces will be for sale.

The complete list of participants and displays of their pieces are available at:

EMERGENTE Arte alterno
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Galería Pacifico’s Sculpture Walks are held every Tuesday at 9:30 am starting at the Millennium sculpture on the north end of the Malecón.

The extremely popular free Malecón Sculpture Walking Tour, created and conducted by Galeria Pacifico owner Gary Thompson, is offered this 2014/2015 season.

The tours are conducted every Tuesday, beginning November 18th, at 9:30 am and will start in front of the Millennium sculpture – next to the Hotel Rosita – at the north end of the Malecón. Sculptor Mathis Lidice will once again be present to describe his inspiration for this creation. This will be his eigth year as part of this tour.

Gary will lead the walking tour along the Malecón, covering about 15 sculptures before ending at Galeria Pacifico’s facility at 174 Aldama Street, Centro.

The tour lasts about two hours and no reservations are necessary.

A representative of the Los Mangos Public Library will also be present at the end of the tour to explain their many activities and provide a no pressure opportunity to make a donation to this worthy cause. The tours will continue through mid-April. More information may be obtained by calling Galería Pacifico at (322) 222-1982 or by emailing GaleriaPacifico@gmail.com.

NOW or NEVER / AHORA o NUNCA
An Exhibition of 15 Artists. October 15 to November 20, 2011.

Open Thursday through Sunday, noon to 6 PM, until Nov. 20.

Opening: October 15, 6 to 10 pm, with DJ Luis Echeverria. Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres and drinks at this opening (rumor has it that the complimentary drinks will be Jack and Pacifico something for both the serious and social art aficionados). There will also be a paid bar.

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Now or Never is the response of artists who have a history of participating in exhibitions and projects in Puerto Vallarta and who recognize the need to change the cultural landscape of the city at this moment in time.

Puerto Vallarta is transforming: with changing demographics and surging urban development while, at the same time, trying to hold tightly to a small town image. The city stands on a precipice — it can move forward with a new vision: cultural, urban, financial, etc. — or it can stand still in the relative safety of its golden heyday. With various international events on the horizon, a decision may be forced in one direction or the other.

Taking into account a potential paradigm shift in the city — and by utilizing to a broader event like the PanAmerican Games — Now or Never hopes to open the dialogue about the need for a larger cultural agenda in a city that lacks proper public exhibition spaces and resources to host important international art projects.

Employing contemporary art practices of installation art, video, intervention, and land art, artists residing/living in Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico City, San Francisco and Los Angeles are creating works that essentially transform a vacant beach-front lot into an open-air exhibition space.

Curator: Pilar Perez

Participating artists:
Puerto Vallarta: Rodrigo Ballester, Davis Birks, Angel Delgado, Jorge Ramirez, Dan Cristhian Rios, Fernando Sanchez; Guadalajara: Monica Escutia, Rubén Mendez, Daniel Monroy, Claudia Rodriguez, Javier M. Rodriguez; Ciudad de Mexico: Eduardo Abaroa, Mauricio Rocha, Sofia Taboas; San Francisco: Hung Liu; Los Angeles: Ruben Ortiz Torres

Address:
Between Hotel Villa Premiere and the new Beach Volleyball Stadium of the Panamerican Games (previously Hector’s Sunset). Access is from Playa Camarones and through the parking lot of the Volleyball Stadium, in front of the Sports Stadium

Exhibition: October 15 to Noviembre 20: Opening Oct. 15 from 6PM to 10PM

Horario: Open Thursday through Sunday, noon to 6 PM, until Nov. 20

“Mostrar a México como el verdadero pueblo fuerte que siempre ha salido adelante sin importar las circunstancias. Mostrar los valores del mexicano que siempre orgulloso de serlo, es trabajador y lucha hasta el final.” – Víctor Ozmar Fraga

A photo exhibition of the gallantry of the Mexican people in the face of hardship. Exhibition runs until September 13 in the Presidencia. Inauguration on Monday, August 29 in the patio of the Presidencia at 1 pm.