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The Center houses two gallery spaces, which feature local, regional, and national Latino/a artists. Admission is always free and tours available by advanced request.

New Gallery Opening Friday, June 30th, 6pm-8pm

Sam Z. Coronado will have "The Last Exhibit for the 20^th Century" by Pio Pulido

The Community Gallery will have "Home is where the Heart is" put together by Gloria Espitia

Friday
June 30 | 6-8pm
Reception in both Galleries

Join us at our next gallery opening to see the intricate art of Pio Pulido and a wonderful collection of a history of East Austin as seen through Hispanic homes put together by Gloria Espitia. Refreshments will be served in both galleries.

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center Presents EXSOSKELETON

EXSOSKELETON
a sculpture piece by 
Vicotry Perez-Rul

Exsoskeleton is solar hardware, steel, and powder coating, Austin 2017.

Exsoskeleton is a site-specific public sculpture for the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, designed by Mexican artist Victor Pérez-Rul whose artistic labor evolves around the empiric development of energy research through the multidisciplinary approach to science, technology, and art. 
 
Exsoskeleton generates, stores and processes energy through its solar panels, specifically designed to produce an electromagnetic spectrum. Its relation to the environment shapes its behavior.
 
Exsoskeleton exists through a technological system in relation with the environment that enables stages of wakefulness and sleepiness, life and death, and the apparently motionless lifeless stage. 
 
"Renewable energy is key to its essence and purpose, to accomplish this collaboration with Solartec, a Mexican company specialized on solar energy. This project was accomplished thanks to the ESB-MACC, and to the donors involved: the University of Texas at Austin: Visual Arts Center, Víctor Pérez-Rul and Solartec."

About the artist:

Victor Pérez-Rul is a multidisciplinary artist using various technologies to convey the art of energy. Pérez-Rul lives and works in Mexico City, however, he has been temporarily residing and working in Austin, Texas in collaboration with curator Leslie Moody Castro and a team of The University of Texas at Austin graduate students on the exhibition Placeholder, which opened last September all while working on an installation that will be place on the outdoor plaza of ESB- Mexican American Cultural Center.

ABOUT THE SAM Z. CORONADO GALLERY

The Sam Z. Coronado Gallery honors one of the most important figures in Austin’s Latino arts community. An accomplished visual artist who specialized in printmaking, Coronado was instrumental in establishing many foundational Latino arts organizations, from the Chicano Art Students Association he helped create as a University of Texas student to the Mexic-Arte Museum, the state’s official Mexican and Mexican-American art museum, which he co-founded in 1984 with Sylvia Orozco and Pio Pulido.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Proposals are accepted year-round, and due to the large number of submissions received, ESB-MACC cannot guarantee immediate review of proposals. Submissions will not be returned.  Emailed proposals will not be reviewed.   All work samples should be of good quality. Please do not send originals as we cannot accept liability for damage or loss.  To apply, please complete the gallery application below.

Gallery Application

Please note: Exhibitions are subject to change. Check your local listings for current information and opening reception dates.