Located on the Pacific coast of central Mexico, the state of Jalisco is home to a large and prolific art community, one with a wide range of artistic expressions, from traditional to modern, fine to abstract.

This documentary photography project is about the people and institutions that support, promote and produce art in Jalisco. It is a group of photographs and text that collectively tell a story. Like the unseen forces that drive the wind, this is a story about the forces that determine the directions and movements of art.

These photographs represent only a portion of an artistic community that plays an important role in Mexican art. Most of the people you see in these photos were either born in Jalisco, moved there, or received training there. But all find Jalisco inspirational for producing, promoting, showing or performing art.

If art is a reflection of the society where it originates, this project is as much about Jalisco as it is about art.

exhibition schedule

• Chapultepec Gallery
  Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  14 May - 31 August 2005
   
• The Mexican Consulate of Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California, USA
  10 August - 2 November 2005

• The Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California, USA
  9 June - 24 July 2005
   

supporters

The Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, USA
May Cultural Festival, Guadalajara
Foundation Jesús Álvarez del Castillo, Guadalajara
Guadalajara Municipal Government
Ilford, Mexico

downloads

press kit   from the press conference, 20 October 2004, Guadalajara.
     Includes the speech made by Tom, and a review in the newspaper
     El Informador, 21 October 2004. ZIP file, 661 KB (Spanish)