"To push an agenda. To visualize the hopes of people. To inspire people," says celebrated artist Jose Ramirez whose art exhibit, called "colores," runs through November 3, 2008, at El Portal restaurant.
Ramirez, a Los Angeles Unified schoolteacher, infuses his history and science lessons with art. He earned his BFA and MFA at UC Berkeley, where his professors criticized his paintings. They valued Minimalism over his art that looked "too Mexican."
That just drove his determination. Ramirez went on to receive a Brody Award/Getty Visual Arts Fellowship, illustrate seven children's books, lecture and exhibit at museums, universities and galleries in New York, Washington D.C., Texas, Japan and Mexico.
Ramirez, a Los Angeles Unified schoolteacher, infuses his history and science lessons with art. He earned his BFA and MFA at UC Berkeley, where his professors criticized his paintings. They valued Minimalism over his art that looked "too Mexican."
That just drove his determination. Ramirez went on to receive a Brody Award/Getty Visual Arts Fellowship, illustrate seven children's books, lecture and exhibit at museums, universities and galleries in New York, Washington D.C., Texas, Japan and Mexico.
Monica
2 comments:
mh, is a fav of the PH Playlhouse!
Why does one make art is a better question.
Art is a way for people communicate. Artists use this method of communication to share with others how they saw the world as they meandered through it. Others use a pencil, pen or PC, others brushes, paint, chisels or cameras to record their journey and present their view.
By all means make art. Art is the common thread we share with the cave dwellers. Who knows what our art will leave for future generations.
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