| The Mexic-Arte Museum is the Official Mexican | | | | traditional ritual masks made by Nahua |
| and Mexican-American Fine Art Museum of | | | | Indians. Over 200 silkscreen prints by |
| Texas, as designated by the state | | | | regional artists comprise the Serie Print |
| legislature. Although focused primarily on | | | | Project. |
| the arts from Mexico, their scope includes | | | | |
| Latin America as well as Latino arts, both | | | | Traveling exhibitions have included Retablos: |
| contemporary and ancient, as well as Chicano | | | | Miracles from the Border, Embracing Chaos by |
| art. Its diverse and eclectic collections, | | | | young Latino artists, and La Caja Museo |
| exhibits and programs reflect the heritage of | | | | Contemporneo de Arte / The Box Contemporary |
| the area, which was once Mexico. The | | | | Museum of Art. The diversity of the arts is |
| population of Texas remains heavily Hispanic, | | | | clear when exhibitions include Aztec mummy |
| and the Mexic-Arte museum celebrates this | | | | movies as well as The Aztec and Maya Revival |
| culture. | | | | exhibition, which illustrates a fusion of |
| | | | Pre-Columbian visual patterns with modern |
| Located in the heart of historic downtown, | | | | Mexican material culture. |
| the Mexic-Arte Museum offers a modern, | | | | |
| contemporary space through which over 75,000 | | | | The museum's flagship event for over a |
| visitors a year travel. The main gallery is | | | | quarter of a century, and one of Austin's |
| normally used by traveling exhibitions of | | | | favorite celebrations, falls every year near |
| traditional and contemporary art from Mexico | | | | Halloween. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the |
| and other Latin American countries as well as | | | | Dead) is traditionally the day when Mexicans |
| for national, local and regional Chicano and | | | | remember their loved ones who have passed on. |
| Latino artists. One of the few museums to | | | | The Mexic-Arte Museum celebrates with music, |
| support fresh talent, their back gallery | | | | entertainment, and food in downtown Austin on |
| provides space for emerging artists to | | | | 5th Street, between Congress and Brazos. |
| exhibit their works. | | | | Altars adorned with traditional offerings |
| | | | including candles, flowers, and images of |
| The museum's Permanent Collection has | | | | calaveras (skulls) are on display, as a |
| developed with the intent of showcasing the | | | | lively procession of people dressed in |
| rich and diverse art and culture of our | | | | skeleton and Frida Kahlo costumes join other |
| unique region. The collections include prints | | | | revelers for dancing and fun. |
| from the Taller de la Grafica Popular | | | | |
| Workshop of Popular Graphics, a collection | | | | Educational outreach is paramount at the |
| of etchings, linocuts, lithographs and | | | | Mexic-Arte, which offers after school |
| silkscreens created by prominent artists as | | | | classes, free guided tours, and an entire |
| part of a populist art movement in Mexico. | | | | program in anticipation of the Dia de los |
| The Ernest De Soto Collection was named for | | | | Muertos celebration. A corner of the museum |
| the first Mexican American Master Printer, | | | | is designated an Interactive Family area, and |
| and consists of contemporary Latin American | | | | they host highly regarded scholars in a |
| and American lithographs, fine prints, and | | | | gallery lecture series. The Mexic-Arte |
| etchings by renowned artists. One of the most | | | | Museum is located at 419 Congress Avenue in |
| colorful and attractive exhibits is the Masks | | | | Austin Texas. |
| from the State of Guerrero, a collection of | | | | |