Festival Bella Via 2008 – Monterrey, Mexico
2008 marks the 5th year that Festival Bella Via has graced the streets and plazas of downtown Monterrey, Mexico. It was my pleasure, as always, to participate as an invited artist, and this year as artistic coordinator for the guest artists. I’ve been working with Rosy Loyola, Rosa Maria Leal and their entire organization since the beginning, back in 2004, and I really feel like they are my second family now! This event has proven to be a true star in the street painting festival constellation – one of the most creative and fun events I attend every year. I deeply appreciate the support from Natividad González Parás, current Governor of the State of Nuevo Leon, and the Dirección de Vinculación Internacional, for their dedication and commitment to providing this exciting and free arts event to the community.
(These images were from a Teotihuacan exhibit at the Fundadora Exhibition Center that I was able to attend.)
After a smashing success last year with a reproduction of Michelangelo’s ‘La Capilla Sixtina’ – this year Rosy asked us to contribute ideas that could top that achievement. The overwhelming consensus was that it was time to highlight Mexican national artwork at this years event. With this start, the artwork of Jesus Helguera was put forth and unanimously agreed upon as an interesting subject to translate into spectacular street paintings. Helguera’s work is widely known in Mexico for his illustrated calendars depicting Mayan Indians and traditional Mexican themes. Street painting would be a great way to celebrate a marginalized, and almost forgotten, artist of the people!
This year’s visiting artists were comprised of street painters from US, Cuba and Italy. The US participants were Joel Yau, Cuong Nyugen, Genna Panzarella, Jay Schwartz, Anthony Cappetto and myself. The artists from Cuba were renowned painter Agustin Bejarano and his wife, painter Aziyade Ruiz Vallejo. The artist representing Italy this year was Valentina Sforzini, a yearly participant in the International Street Painting Festival in Grazie di Curtatone, Italy. Along with these visiting artists, Monterrey’s representatives were Carlos Humberto Garcia, Marina Escamilla, Margarita Botello, Bernardo Ramonfaur, Juandres Vera and his wife, Marisol Antillon. Junadres, a very talented artist, was the grand prize winner of Festival Bella Via 2007 and had traveled to the Youth In Arts Festival in San Rafael, CA earlier in the year as a guest participant. It was great painting next to him and watching his lovely masterpiece unfold.
The featured artists.
Despite some rain on Saturday, everyone persevered. The artists participating in the contest were certainly getting some experience with chalk in challenging conditions! Congratulations to all of the participants this year for a job very well done. To view this year’s winners:
http://www.nl.gob.mx/?P=bellavia_2008
Bella Via’s illustrious competition judges.
Popular with the populace, most people know of Helguera’s work: one viewer stopped by a street painter working on Caballero Aguila and told the story of how her father used to have a calendar with that exact painting on it when she was a little girl. It reminded her of her childhood and her father – she said she was grateful for the memory. And isn’t that what it’s all about – connecting with community?
All of the street painters who participated this year.
The 100th Anniversary of the Governor’s Palace laser presentation – projected directly onto the Governor’s Palace! This was happening every night at 9:00pm for an entire month – free to the public and very cool.
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