Tucson
hosts
only U.S. show Cultural
Exchange to Highlight Artistic Homage to Father Kino
El
Centro Cultural de las Americas in Tucson is hosting the only United
States showing of a mixed media art exhibit entitled “Homage to Father
Kino”, a Cultural Exchange Among the United States, Mexico and Italy.
The exhibit will be on display from January 11-31, 2003, at 40
West Broadway in Tucson. The
exhibit is free of charge to the public. In
April 2001, a social occasion and exchange of ideas in Caborca, Sonora,
Mexico, led to the formation of an artistic cultural exchange involving
artists from Trento, Italy, Sonora, Mexico and the United States.
Ideas quickly became reality and the exhibit was launched in
August 2002 in Segno, Trento, Italy, birthplace of Father Eusebio
Francisco Kino. Father
Kino’s contribution to the history of Southern Arizona and the legacy
of the Missions he constructed here are reflected in Tucson being
selected as the only stop for the exhibit in the United States. The site for the exhibit is the Charles O. Brown House, originally a pioneer Tucson home, and now a historic landmark in Downtown Tucson. The property is owned by the State of Arizona and the Arizona Historical Society and is operated and maintained by El Centro Cultural de las Americas, a Hispanic cultural center. The exhibit is sponsored in part by Rio Nuevo, the City of Tucson’s project to revitalize Downtown Tucson. Testo
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