CENTRO CULTURAL AZTLAN
ZONARTE - EL MERCADO DE AZTLAN
Enter the ArtZone for your Holiday Shopping! Centro Cultural Aztlan invites you to the Annual ZonArte El Mercado de Aztlan a Christmas fine-arts and fine-crafts market that will take place November 21, 22, & 23, 2007 in the Galeria Expresión. Artists and artisans from San Antonio and across Tejas will offer their unique handmade gifts, original prints, paintings, sculptures, furniture and artesania. The public is invited to attend this year’s ZonArte El Mercado de Aztlan grand opening on Friday, November 21 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The sale continues on Saturday, November 22 from 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday, November 23 from 11 am until 6pm. We encourage everyone to attend and experience this year’s ZonArte El Mercado de Aztlan and find that one of a kind special Christmas gift you’ve been looking to buy. Admission is free and open to the public. The art varies from community folk-art to fine art. Following is a sneak peek of some of San Antonio’s most noted artists that have produced original works for this year’s ZonArte EL Mercado de Aztlan. They include: Elmo Guernsey (willow bark furniture); Antonio Garcia, Angelica Gomez, Jose Guadiana, Diego Martinez, Raul Servin, Charles Harrison Pompa, and Anthony Saldivar (paintings); Theresa Koslow, Gricelda Nill, Eloise Yantis Stoker (pottery); Gracie Poe, Susan K. Rodriguez, Tim Palomera (ceramics); Frank W. Harris, Rita Abrego (fiber arts); Thelma Gavin, Esther Guajardo, Ruth Guajardo, Shirlene Harris, Jennifer Hernandez, Michelle Love, Michelle Parlee (folk-art); Violet Tijerina, Norma Gomez, Nuevo Huevo, Jenny Silva, Charlynne Garcia, Maria Muñoz, Pancho Villanueva (bead-work); Frank W. Harris, Roxanne Markline (jewelry); David Hamilton, Irma Hernandez (Mayan textiles); Maria Pinto (mosaic tiles); and many more. For more information, please contact Centro Cultural Aztlan at 432-1896 M-F from 9 am to 5 pm or visit us at 1800 Fredericksburg Rd., Suite 103. All proceeds benefit the working artists and the General Operating Fund of Centro Cultural Aztlan a nonprofit cultural arts organization founded in 1977 to preserve, develop and promote Chicano/Latino art and culture. As well as, increase community involvement and support for the works of artists, writers, poets and musicians.