Alexis Herrera
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| Alexis Herrera | |
|---|---|
| Born | Houston,Texas |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Mexican American |
| 💼 Occupation | Artist, Musician, Poet |
| Notable work | Cuento de mis Monsters |
Alexis Herrera is a Mexican American artist born in Houston, Texas. Her artwork focuses on memory, monsters, and mythology.[1]
She is a co-founder of Son Armado.
Biography[edit]
Alexis Herrera was born in Houston, Texas. She is a Mexican American artists whose art focuses on the themes of memory, monsters, and mythology. One of her notable achievements is cofounding Son Armado, which is a local cultural arts organization dedicated to the proliferation of the Son Jarocho Fandango.[1] The Son Jarocho, is a movement in which education based art form that revolves around celebrations and community gatherings, which is known as the Fandangos. For her artwork, she uses fabric, plastic, screenprints and more. She invites viewers into her monstrous subconscious by incorporating folktales from Texas.[2]
Son Armado[edit]
The Son Armado's purpose is to bring together the community with Son Jarocho inspired music. When describing Son Jarocho, Alexis Herrera says, “Historically speaking, Son Jarocho was something that was a celebration, a way for people to get together to share themselves and take a break from the day-to-day life, and to sing about it in these poetic ways; dance it out, share food, share drink, and experience through this art form."[3] The Fandango involves things like dancing, poetry, and music. This all takes place on a tarima. A tarima, is a wooden dance platform. The Son Jarocho is folkloric music that comes from Spanish, Arabic and African cultures. These cultures came together in Veracruz for first time, and was later made into a movement by founder Carolina Sarmiento and its members. To play the Son Jarocho, one must use a jarana, which is a small eight-string instrument. The Son Jarocho was originally only performed by men, but that was changed by the Son Armado as part of their feminist movement.[4]
Exhibitions[edit]
Herrera took part in a group exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The group exhibition titled, "Y, Que?" was made to display the future of female artists and their availability to show how the world is today. This group exhibition included her artwork "Cuento de mis Monsters."[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Young Latina Artists 19 Y, Que?" (PDF). Mexic-Arte Museum.
- ↑ "13 Young Latina Artists Changing The Contemporary Art Landscape". 2014-07-05.
- ↑ "Son Armado Brings Culture and Community to Austin".
- ↑ Saldana, Hector (March 28, 2014). "Son Jarocho treat at Esperanza on Friday". mysanantonio.com.
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