360XQMX: "Artistas Juntos" Salon Series, Ajijic, Mexic

360XQMX “Artistas Juntos”

What: “Salon Series” presenting the work of current Artists in Residence

Where: 360XQMX Headquarters & Gallery, Constitucion 98, Ajijc

When: Sunday 10th of November, 4pm

Who: Irish Artist PIGSY, Author Pauline Kaldas and Artists Jessica Orfe & Alex Szerlip

Bethany Putnam, 360XQMX Art Residency Director, presents the latest Salon Series with presentations by creatives from Dublin, Ireland (PIGSY), Virginia, USA (Author Pauline Kaldas), Hawaii, USA (Artist Jessica Orfe), San Francisco, USA (Artist Alex Szerlip).

360XQMX Art Residency

360XQMX is an Art Residenct for Artists, Writers and other creatives in Ajijic on Lake Chapala in Mexico. Established more than a decade ago, the Art Residency is now based in a purpose built live/work hotel with studio spaces in a central location close to the Ajijic Plaza.

To sign up for the 360.XQMX newsletter and find out more about future Salon Series events, check out the 360XQMX website.

PIGSY Presentation - Dia de Muertos

As part of my 360XQMX Art Residency, I created Dia de Muertos themed art after completing the 360XQMX De Muertos Artist Retreat and Residency in the beautiful Ajijic on the shores of Lake Chapala. Ajijic is a town full of creatives with a history of nurturing young Mexican artists through the work of Neil James and the Lake Chapala Society. For the 360XQMX Salon Series, I will present all of the work I created during the Dia de Muertos Art Residency. This will include all of the paintings I worked on aswell as a poem I wrote after visiting the Ajijic Cemetery and Ixthulucan events for Dia de Muertos.

An Unknown Girl

by PIGSY

Pink Painted Plinth,

Grief grabs tight.

Time Loosens its hold,

Until concealed sorrow jolts back.

Altar stained sawdust blows away and

Once a year emotions sway, 

,delicately,

Life’s bereavement, honoured, an unknown girl

From another dimension, beyond. 

Young smiles smudged out,

Now protected by a  fury white cat that cradles and cuddles her grey pebbled earth made bed.

She sleeps, through the loudness of our day.

Tears collide my cheek, and I weep, weep, weep,

For the loss of you…...

A reading of “An Unknown Girl”

Edit> As mentioned above, I planned to present the poem I penned, titled “An Unknown Girl”, at the 360XQMX Salon Event. After the event, I recorded Enid reading the poem and broadcast it on Youtube. You can now listen to the poem here.