A book signing for “The 25th Anniversary Contemporary Hispanic Market” (LPD Press) by Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts promises to be a major highlight of the week ahead in Albuquerque. The 182-page book is a vividly illustrated history of the largest contemporary Hispanic arts show in the United States. It retails for $39.95.
The book will be featured at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, Sunday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 4 pm, with editors Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts attending. The book signing is strategically set for the week before the Winter Contemporary Hispanic Market in Santa Fe on Dec. 9-10.
The book features 85 artists including Edward Gonzales, Michelle Tapia, Ramona Vigil-Eastwood, Jerry Montoya, Marion Martinez and many more. The book was a finalist for the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards and contains the history of the show.
According to the publisher, the book traces the show’s humble beginnings with a few artists in the Palace of the Governor's courtyard in Santa Fe to the largest contemporary Hispanic art show in the country.
Contemporary Hispanic Market this year marked its 25th anniversary. The market is held on the last full weekend in July on Santa Fe's Lincoln Avenue, just off the historic Plaza and in December at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Contemporary Hispanic Market is run by artists for artists. As collectors attest, they have had beautiful results, according to the publisher.
Contemporary Hispanic Market gives Hispanic artists a statewide public venue to show and sell their art. This is also a time for collectors, museum curators, or the newly curious to talk with the artists and find out more about them and their works. All kinds of art is displayed: furniture, paintings, jewelry, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, devotional art, tinwork, drawing & pastels, photography, printmaking, fiber arts, and surprises like skateboards, tiles, glass art, Day of the Dead, recycled art, computer art, and much more. Contemporary Hispanic Market is changing quickly with customer's desires. This is a collection of some of the artists of Contemporary Hispanic Market and their media. They want readers to know who they are and the different things they are doing in the art world. They also want to celebrate what Contemporary Hispanic Market has grown into. The book represents a history of that growth. Many consider the book an ideal holiday gift, according to the publisher.
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