Opening Reception for salt 16: Arleene Correa Valencia
Friday, November 15 | 6-9 pm | Free
Admission will be free starting at 5 pm on this day.
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We invite you to the Great Hall at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts for a free opening reception for the long-awaited exhibition salt 16. Grab a mocktail, meet emerging contemporary artist Arleene Correa Valencia, and mingle in the galleries!
salt 16: Arleene Correa Valencia features a new series of portraits that capture the complex experience of migration across the Mexico-United States border. The figures are embroidered and painted on handmade Amate, a traditional paper made with tree bark by expert artists and collaborators in Mexico. Each portrait includes reflective fabrics and discarded clothing that closely mimic original family photographs, stitching together the story of Correa Valencia’s family over the past three generations.
salt 16 is funded in part by Stephanie and Tim Harpst and The Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt Enrichment Fund.