Papel Picado Workshop Lupe Hernandez

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Redbud Arts Center 303 East 11th St., Houston, TX 77008 Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 3pm to 5pm Open to the public Participants must be 12 years of age or older Nonrefundable Fee: $40 per participant All materials are provided. Description As a first-generation Mexican immigrant living in the United States, artist Guadalupe Hernandez utilizes Papel Picado, a traditional Mexican craft, to navigate the delicate balance of preserving his cultural heritage while embracing the influences of his surroundings. Join Hernandez for a live art-making workshop to learn more about this cultural art form and make your own papel picado. Artist Bio Guadalupe Hernandez (b.1993) is a Texas-based multidisciplinary artist who earned his MFAfrom Houston Baptist University in 2021. Hernandez was born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, before relocating to Pleasanton, TX, a small city south of San Antonio, in 1998. Despite the move to the United States, Hernandez maintained a deep connection to his Mexican heritage and customs through time-honored familial traditions. Hernandez’s practice examines themes of family, labor, and cultural practices through a series of paintings and works of cut paper inspired by Papel Picado. Most recently, Hernandez was awarded the Nest Heritage Craft prize for his efforts to preserve and push forward the Mexican folk art tradition of Papel Picado. Hernandez is the current visiting artist with the Art Students League of Denver. He was notably among six pairs of visual artists in the 2022 US Latinx Art Forum Mentorship Program supporting an intergenerational skill exchange. He has also participated in artist residencies with institutions such as the Asia Society Texas Center and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Hernandez's works have been exhibited at the Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX; Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX; Chicano Park Museum, San Diego, CA; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; The McNay, San Antonio, TX; Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX. Hernandez's works are in the permanent collections of the City of San Antonio Public Collection, San Antonio, TX; Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; and the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.