Benson Collection

Announcements:

New Endowment:
David O. Nilsson Endowment for Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Materials

New Acquisitions:
Modernist Brazilian music collection acquired by Benson Latin American Collection

Appleby Brazilian music collection acquired by the Benson Latin American Collection

The Gloria Anzaldúa Papers

Exhibit Hallway

Detail from Antena C1, Boca la Caja, Ciudad de Panamá

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection hosted a presentation by Luis Avalos followed by a reception. Mr. Avalos, a well-known actor and director, is also the founder of the Americas Theatre Arts Foundation.

The event was the sixth annual ¡A Viva Voz! celebration of U.S. Latino culture sponsored by the Benson Latin American Collection and includes an exhibit of photographs by Damian Dovarganes, from the play Ollantay-Warrior of the Sun, as directed by Luis Avalos.

A photograph by Damian Dovarganes from the play Ollantay-Warrior of the Sun.

Mr. Martínez was a Fellow at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2007, and is currently working as one of the curators for MALDEOJO, an exhibit sponsored by the Colombian Ministry of Culture and the Banco de la República. His work has appeared in exhibits in his native country including Galería Valenzuela &Klenner and Artronica II, International New Media Exhibit.
Exhibit will be on display through late-March, 2008.

Revilla, founded as a Spanish community in 1750, was renamed for the insurgent Vicente Guerrero after Mexican independence in 1821. In 1953, the town site, known today as Guerrero Viejo, was flooded by the completion of the International Falcon Reservoir on the Rio Grande. Due to the receding waters of Falcon Lake in recent years, the buildings and the central plaza of Guerrero Viejo have become a tourist mecca. Several important buildings have been stabilized by Mexican preservation programs.

These photographs were generously provided by Mr. Jackson as a Gift to the Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries in 2001.

(March 23, 2005) As part of the ¡A Viva Voz! series, a reception for Espinas y Esperanzas: An Exhibit of Works from the Ricardo and Harriet Romo Collection of Mexican American Art Prints was held at the Benson Latin American Collection. The reception featured a gallery talk by Dr. Harriett Romo, Associate Professor, Sociology Department, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Dr. Ricardo Romo, President of the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Exhibit will be on display through Wednesday, September 30, 2005

(November 11, 2004) A reception celebrating thirty years of service by the Mexican American Library Program was held at the Benson Latin American Collection. The Mexican American Library Program at the University of Texas at Austin was formally established in 1974 by the University of Texas Libraries to support the education needs of students of Mexican American and U.S. Latino culture and history.

(September 17, 2004) Celebrating Los Pastores: The Mexican Shepherds Play in San Antonio, Texas
A reception was held to highlight a retrospective of photographs by Mary Ann Bruni, who has long recorded images of the annual Los Pastores celebration.

Image title: The Struggle - Michael and Lucifer

(April 14, 2004) A bi-national conference on the death penalty held its inaugural session, "La Última Pena, Five Centuries of Capital Punishment in Mexico," at the Benson Collection featuring images from El libro rojo.

(March 23, 2004) As part of the ¡A Viva Voz! annual series on U.S. Latino culture, author and playwright David Rice spoke of his influences and interests and also read two of his short stories at a reception organized by the Benson Collection.