Sep
11
Wed
Allende in his Labyrinth @ Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston
Sep 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Country: Chile 2014
Plots keywords: Drama | History | Bio | Dictatorship | Chile | 70´
Language: Español – English subtitles
Director and Writer: Miguel Littin
Production Co: Coproducción Chile-Venezuela; Zetra Films / La Taguara Fílmica
Runtime: 90 min.
Cast: Imanol Arias, Lluís Homar, Roger Príncep, Carmen Machi, Fernando Cayo, Diego Martín, Oriol Vila, Cristina Marcos, José Ángel Egido, Emilio Aragón ‘Miliki’, Luis Varela, Asunción Balaguer, Pedro Civera, Javier Coll, Francisco Merino, Lola Baldrich

Allende en su Laberinto

Una mirada desde la ficción, pero con base en datos reales, sobre lo que ocurrió dentro del Palacio de la Moneda, en Santiago de Chile, el 11 de septiembre de 1973, durante esas últimas horas en la vida del presidente Salvador Allende, el día del golpe de estado que cambió la historia del país y de toda Latinoamérica.

Allende in his Labyrinth

The last 7 hours of democratically elected former President of Chile Salvador Allende and his closest collaborators, inside the Palace of La Moneda, during the brutal military coup d’etat on Sept. 11, 1973, the day democracy in Chile ended. Based on true events.

FILM SERIES:  The History Through Cinema

Oct
5
Sat
Tatiana Escallon Artist Talk – Opening Reception
Oct 5 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Colombian-American Artist Tatiana Escallon will unveil her most recent paintings, Taste and Contrast – Large Scale (8×12 feet aprox) each.

A work of 3 paintings, Two of them belonging to the collection Taste and Contrast; and the third one, a figurative work inspired by an inevitable moment during the Artist life.

Please Join me for my most important event as an artist, let me share with you my work and celebrate the arts with a toast!
This project is funded in part by The City of Houston, Through Houston Art Alliance.

I will talk about the experience of creating for the first time a large-scale work, the processes, and the meaning of the work as well as the challenge.
The purpose of this project is to share my work with the community, the neighborhood, the city, the world, I hope it inspires others to keep dreams alive and to make them real! It is my contribution to the arts today, and a great opportunity to grow as an artist confronting new challenges that will help me move forward.

It is a honor for me as an artist with an independent studio to be one of the few recipients of the prestigious Support for Artist and Creative Individuals grant from the City of Houston .
The exhibition will be at my studio, a gem from the 1940’s located in the historic Thirdward, Houston, TX.

TASTE & CONTRAST Exhibit on view days/hours
October 5 Saturday, Opening Reception 2:30-5:30pm talk at 3:30pm
October 9, Wednesday 6:00 -8:00pm
October 19 , Saturday 2:30-6:30pm
October 26, Saturday Closing reception 5:30 – 8:30 pm

This program is free and open to the public.