MARRIAGE AND MYTH - MATRIMONIO Y MITO
An exhibition by Kira Carrillo Corser
APRIL 12 - JULY 6, 2008
Opening Reception with the artist, Friday, April 11 6 - 8 PM
Painting, photography, video, painted silks, and the installation "A Bed of Fragile Opposites" by artist Kira Carrillo Corser and text from Monterey County residents exploring new and traditional beliefs about marriage.

Half of all marriages end in divorce and over the last three decades the rate of remarriage after divorce dropped by 40 percent, yet few artists address this crisis in their art.

This show is about contemporary beliefs about marriage, with Corser’s personal experience being at the core. What happens when our beliefs and experiences clash? The show includes painted photographs and 10-foot paintings on silk, a video by the artist titled "Hands Talk: For Better or for Worse" and interactive installations such as a community piece about marriage titled "Walls of Belief" with cards showing only the age and gender of the person commenting. Corser strives to use art to promote public dialogue and bring questions to the surface.

TRES MUJERES: THE THREE WOMEN
February 14-April 27
Three local artists, Michelle Sarabia, Norma Lopez Molina and Rebecka Ramirez, using three different mediums of ceramic, photography and painting, representing subjects of solitude, existence and the meaning of being present.
Art and Cultural Gallery

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