360XQMX “Artistas Juntos”
What:Salon Series presenting the work of current Artists in Residence
Where: 360XQMX, Constitucion 98, Ajijc
When: Sunday 10th of November at 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 (Pauline Kaldas), Hawaii, USA (Jessica Orfe), San Francisco, USA (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 360XQMX newsletter and find out more about future Salon Series events, check out the 360XQMX website here.
PIGSY 'created Dia de Muertos themed art after completing the 360XQMX 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
PIGSY Presentation
As part of 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…...