CREATIVE THINKING & ARTISTIC PROCESS GILLIAM

VISUAL ARTS UNIT

W 2/4 7pm GUEST VISUAL ARTIST: John Mata Gallery Talk

Sala Diaz 517 Stieren St, San Antonio, TX 78210 Phone: (210) 695-5132

The class will congregate at the Sala Diaz Art Gallery for a talk by visual art and DJ John Mata. Whereas this communal event cannot be required, I will expect you to see this show. Email me if you feel you cannot attend. Also, you will need to read the "Informed Consent and Assumption
of Risk Form http://faculty.trinity.edu/departments/fiscal_affairs/fapolicy/riskmgmt/spe
cevnt.htm#RE1

and sign the "Informed Consent and Assumption of Risk
Form"


http://faculty.trinity.edu/departments/fiscal_affairs/fapolicy/general/form
s/relwaivr.htm

as this is an off campus classroom event. Download the form, sign it and return it to Stephen Brown. We will have additional details in class.

Mata is an artist from San Antonio who has exhibited and performed extensively as an artist and DJ.

For his exhibition “Sala Diaz is Open” John Mata will utilize the east and west rooms of Sala Diaz Gallery to present an art show and record store respectively. In the East Room, Mata will be presenting an exhibition of drawings, collages, and sculptures. Mata’s work contains images of Apocalyptic Cartoon Landscapes often referencing the fall of the common person to the hegemony of cycloptic mountains in molten pits of hellfire and sunflowers.

In the West Room of the gallery Mata has invited Jesse Garcia from 180 Grams Records to showcase a selected group of vinyl records for display and purchase. 180 Grams, a record store launched in 2005 on San Pedro Rd. in San Antonio, Texas, was closed during the summer of 2008. By giving Garcia the West Room to reopen his store temporarily, Mata hopes to give the surrounding community an opportunity to experience 180 Grams.

As a DJ, Mata has spent numerous hours browsing through the racks of vinyl records and engaging in an on going dialogue with Garcia. During the run of the exhibit, Garcia will keep daily hours in the gallery and will work with Mata to coordinate weekly events, which will include performances by local and regional performing artists.