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8/28/2023

5000 honour killings internationally per year.
1000 honour killings occur in India
1000 honour killings occur in Pakistan
12 honour killings per year in UK

The above information was obtained from the the Honour Based Violenced Awareness Center (HBVA) whose website is provided in this link.

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The image is a peek at the flower I painted in memory of Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurdish woman, who lived in South London, England prior to her murder. She was a victim of an honor killing that her father and uncle planned and her three cousins carried out. These perpetrators were later convicted of her murder and in prison. This piece titled She Was Banaz, will be part of a large installation that will “memorialize women around the world who have been violated, disappeared, or murdered”. Dolores Mercado, Assistant Curator, organized the installation, which will be part of the National Museum of Mexican Art's exhibit titled Día de Muertos, Living Presence; it is the museum's 37th annual Day of the Dead exhibition .

The opening will be Friday, September 22nd from 6:00pm–8:00pm. It's a very popular exhibit and as always, a wonderful cultural experience. There will be traditional ofrendas as well as a variety of visual art pertaining to Day of the Dead.

Día de Muertos, Living Presence
September 22-December 10, 2023.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th Street Chicago, IL 60608

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Dia de Muertos, Living Presence

8/13/2023

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The National Museum of Mexican Art is pleased to announce the opening of its 37th annual Day of the Dead exhibition on Friday, September 22nd in the Main Gallery. Entitled Día de Muertos, Living Presence, this year’s exhibition remembers the thousands of people who died in the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The exhibition will also memorialize women around the world who have been violated, disappeared, or murdered, with a large installation by eighteen local artists. With flowers, food, and drinks, we await the return home of loved ones who no longer walk this Earth. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, September 22nd to experience this age-old tradition of honoring the lives of lost loved ones through captivating altars, beautiful folk art, and evocative fine art.

I am grateful and honored to be one of the eighteen artists whose work will be included in the large installation mentioned above.

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Update: The Multimedia Works of Contemporary Latin American Writers and Artists

8/13/2023

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Wonderful news! The book that features my work and that of 10 other Latin American female writers and artists has finally published.

I am grateful to Jane Lavery and Sarah Bowskill for persevering in its publication and thanks to the National Museum of Mexican Art and Dolores Mercado, Associate Curator for giving me the opportunity for a solo exhibit in 2015. It was the work in that exhibit that lead to Dr. Sarah Bowskill writing an academic article titled Bearing Witness to Child Abuse and Trauma in Pilar Acevedo's Multimedia Fragmentos Exhibition and eventually, The Multimedia Works of Contemporary Latin American Women Writers and Artists. The book is available on Amazon.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS:
Pilar Acevedo (Mexican-American): visual/installation artist and poet
Ana Clavel (Mexico): novelist, essayist, digital/visual/installation artist and blogger
Carla Faesler (Mexico): digital artist and poet
Regina José Galindo (Guatemala): performance artist, blogger, poet and writer
Gabriela Golder (Argentina): installation artist, video-art, curator
Lucia Grossberger Morales (Bolivia): interactive digital artist and poet
Jacalyn Lopez Garcia (Mexican-American): interactive digital artist and poet
Eli Neira (Chile): performance artist, poet, blogger and digital artist
Mónica Nepote (Mexico): poet, essayist, editor
Eugenia Prado Bassi (Chile): multimedia writer
Mariela Yeregui (Argentina): visual artist, educator, net.artist

Sarah E.L. Bowskill, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, Queen’s University Belfast
Debra Ann Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchcliff Professor of Hispanic Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University.
Nuala Finnegan, Professor of Spanish and Director of the Centre for Mexican Studies, University College Cork.
Carolina Gainza, Universidad Diego Portales
Emily Hind, Professor of Spanish, University of Florida.
Claudia Kozak, Professor, Department of Literature and Communication Studies, University of Buenos Aires.
Jane E. Lavery, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University of Southampton.
Thea Pitman, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Leeds.
Claire Taylor, Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor in Hispanic Studies, University of Liverpool.

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