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Alebrijes Art Work
Guilford House 1F

ALEBRIJES (Spanish pronunciation: {ale Brixes}) Are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical (fantasy/mythical) creatures. The first Alebrijes, along with use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares (Mexico City). In the 1930’s, Linares fell very ill and while he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamed of a strange place resembling a forest. There, he saw trees, animals, rocks, clouds that suddenly turned into something strange, some kind of animals, but, unknown animals. He saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, a lion with an eagle head, and all of them were shouting one word, “Alebrijes”. Upon recovery, he began recreating the creatures he saw in cardboard and papier mâché and called them Alebrijes.
Stop by Guilford House to see some of the amazing artwork created during his annual Alebrijes Workshop!

Contemporary Youth Orchestra: Rhythms & Roots: Latin American Symphonic Music
Saturday, November 22, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Maltz Performing Arts Center
Come hear the Contemporary Youth Orchestra perform a selection representing the vibrant and diverse cultures of Latin America. From a Peruvian folk song originating in the Andes Mountains to the Argentinian countryside to the Mexican ballroom dance halls, these songs reflect each composer's love of their native people, culture, and stories. This concert features compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim (Brazil), Carlos Chavez (Mexico), Alberto Ginastera (Argentina), Arturo Marquez (Mexico), and Daniel Robles (Peru).

African “Peripheries:” Challenging the Paradigms of Archaeology and Art
Wednesday, November 5, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland Museum of Art
This lecture critically engages with the long-standing historiographical dichotomy between cultural "centres" and "peripheries," a model that has often ascribed innovation to the former and passive reproduction to the latter. By examining newly discovered wall paintings from medieval Nubia, the talk invites attendees to reconsider the validity and utility of this paradigm in contemporary archaeological and art historical discourse. These unprecedented visual and textual elements challenge dominant narratives concerning cultural agency in so-called peripheral regions. Recognized as among the most significant archaeological discoveries of 2023, these murals offer profound implications for reassessing how centers of artistic and theological innovation are conceptualized within global medieval studies.

Islamic Ceramics and Other Fictions of Capital: Fabricating the Middle East for Modern Markets
Wednesday, November 19, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland Museum of Art
Historical ceramics from the Islamic world are now held in elite collections worldwide. Many migrated westward during the late 19th-/early 20th-century heyday of Islamic art collecting, when craft skills in the Middle East were redirected towards a new market generated by the colonial project's fanatical harvesting of artefacts: the fabrication, forgery, and fictionalization of antiquities.

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