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Azucena Trejo Williams featured in Our Kentucky Home exhibit

Bowling Green, KY - The Kentucky Museum been selected as one of several venues across Kentucky to host the Kentucky Arts Council's traveling exhibit Our Kentucky Home/Nuestra Hogar Kentucky: Hispanic/Latin American Visual Art in the Commonwealth. The exhibit will run from June 3 to June 29.

The exhibit features 35 works by 20 Kentuckians of Hispanic or Latin American heritage, including Azucena Trejo Williams of Taylor County.

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from 5pmCT to 8pmCT, the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU, along with the International Liaison Division of the City of Bowling Green, are hosting a special exhibit celebration that features the Our Kentucky Home exhibit and will also include Mexican folkloric dance by Las Damas de Bowling Green and refreshments will be provided.

The Kentucky Museum is located at 1444 Kentucky Street. Normal exhibit hours throughout the week are Wednesday through Saturday 9amCT to 4pmCT.


"We are truly honored to be selected as one of 12 sites in Kentucky to host this extraordinary exhibit dedicated to presenting the artistic work of so many creative Kentuckians" said Brent Bjorkman, Director of the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky Folklife Program. "As leader of two of WKU's premiere cultural programming entities we remain proud to assist in validating the voices of all Kentuckians and sharing these intimate stories of artistic self-expression."

The submitted work was adjudicated by a panel of Hispanic and Latin American artists and cultural specialists for inclusion in the traveling exhibit. Artists whose work will appear in Our Kentucky Home, listed by name, county, work titles and medium, are:
  • Isabella La Rocca Gonzalez, Boyle, Untitled 1 and 3 from the series "En los tiempos del coronavirus," photographic archival pigment print
  • Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido, Rowan, "Then & Now: Toothpaste and Toothbrush," organza, linen, photography (photo credit: AFP/Archivo Bohemia)
  • Cintia Segovia, Calloway, "Queso," "2564 Millas al Sur," and "Pina Navidena," photography
  • Mercedes Harn, Fayette, "Red Horse" and "Guacamayo," acrylic on canvas
  • Manuel Hernandez Sanchez, Clark (Ind.), "Mi abuelita y la familia" and "Corazon Mestizo," oil on canvas
  • Leandro Lozada, Jefferson, "Milk," photography
  • Luis David Fuentes, Franklin, "Roof of the Havana Cathedral" and "Three Cuban Women," photography
  • Thomas Meyer, Jefferson, "City of Louisville Skyline" and "Louisville meets Maya," pen and ink, digital
  • Sydni Crass, Hamilton (Ohio), "Abuela's Fabric" and "Shades of Orange," paint, watercolor, marker
  • Clay Mata, Jefferson, "Ocelotl" and "Vive y deja morir," acrylic, spray paint, artificial flowers on canvas
  • Isabel Gonzalez, Jefferson, "Tranquility" and "Alyssa," photography
  • Rachel Nunez, Jefferson, "Para Una Vida Mejor/For a Better Life" and "Hasta Pronto/Until Next Time," printed illustration
  • Sebastian Duverge, Jefferson, "Three Dancers," watercolor on tile mosaic
  • Deyanira Esmeralda Martin, Fayette, "Affied" and "My Colorful Horse," fabric, glitter, metal, crystals, plastic flowers, yarn, paint, tie fabrics
  • Mari Mujica, Shelby, "Girasol #2 and #3," digital photography
  • Isvara Torres, Jefferson, "Beauty, Passion, Poverty," oil and acrylic on canvas
  • Azucena Trejo Williams, Taylor, "I was told I take up too much space." vinyl letter installation
  • Uhma Janus, Jefferson, "Ether's Mollusk Raid," "Witnessing Canopy" and "Spiny Meanderings," acrylic ink on paper
  • Alma Martinez Torres, Jefferson, "An Interlude under the Shade" and "Sunkissed," ceramic, fabric, wood
A slideshow of work in Our Kentucky Home is available online at the arts council website, artscouncil.ky.gov, or on Youtube:

For more information on Our Kentucky Home, contact Brent Bjorkman at brent.bjorkman@wku.edu.


This story was posted on 2022-06-06 14:28:50
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