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El Mimbre Y Los Colibris/Desert Willow & Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds
Andrea Muñoz Martinez
XOXO AMMO
Watercolor & ink on paper
14"h x 11"w x 2"d
2024
This painting is inspired by the game, “Loteria.” I grew up playing Loteria with my maternal grandmother, we called her Mama Grande. At holidays, birthday parties, BBQs, she would gather her children and grandchildren around her kitchen table with a handful of beans to play Loteria. When she read the cards she recited rhymes that went with each card and incorporated even more joy and laughter into the game. My cousins and I would invent our own rhymes and meanings for cards. For example, “el mano” we jokingly would turn into “apaciguate,” a Spanish word for, “settle!” My grandmother taught us traditions to instill cultural pride. Reflecting now, I realize she also used the game to teach us Spanish, poetry, and how to play with language.
Get to Know the Austin Artist:
I am a Latina/ Chicana artist born in Uvalde, TX. My landscapes, portraits, photographs and performance art render a re-imagined Nepantla, called Borderlandia. I moved to Austin in 2005 and received my BFA from U.T. After I earned my MFA at UCDavis, I moved back to Austin to make and teach art. I teach painting at the Dougherty Arts Center. And I’m a gallery assistant at Art For The People Gallery. Visit me at the gallery every Sunday, Tuesday and Second Saturday!
