October 2026: Color of Ethnicity by Arturo Martinez

Artist Arturo Martinez is a culmination of music, culture and ethnicity. His work reminds us of one of the great African American artist Romare Bearden celebrative renderings of life, jazz, and people. Like Bearden, Martinez too praises his ethnicity and mestizaje without losing sight of the long struggle of the diverse ethnic communities of Mexico. By incorporating patterns from Mexico’s diverse ethnic and Indigenous plurality, Martinez exalts his recognition of the importance the artisans have had in Mexico’s creative spirit. Each pattern expresses a natural deity, the cosmos and a metaphorical meaning.

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