DIVERSEartLA to Present First. Museum Acquisition Award

DIVERSEartLA 2023 is proud to announce the inaugural edition of the Museum Acquisition Award for Emerging Artists.

Inspired by Spain's La Neomudéjar Museum to mark its 10th anniversary, the initiative seeks to support the art scene by promoting the acquisition of art works by leading national and international museums.

The winner of the 5000-euro award will be chosen by Néstor Prieto and Francisco Brieves, co-directors of La Neomudéjar Museum, as well as Marisa Caichiolo, Curator of DIVERSEartLA.

The award will be presented by Prieto, Brieves, Caichiolo and LA Art Show Producer/Director Kassandra Voyagis in a closing ceremony on Sunday, February 19th, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The Museum Acquisition Award has been created by Spain's La Neomudéjar Museum with the support of the LA Art Show.

DIVERSEartLA to Feature. Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA)

The 2023 edition of DIVERSEartLA will involve the participation of local and international museums, nonprofits and art institutions, investigating the theme of climate change. Among participating museums, the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) will present a historically important work by artist Judy Baca.

We're very proud to feature a significant work by artist Judith Baca as part of DIVERSEartLA 2023. Thirteen Women in the Volcanic Eruption is side 1 of a double-sided triptych completed in 2021. The work contemplates Merlin Stone's When God Was A Woman – an exploration of ancient worship of the female Goddess and the subsequent suppression of women's rites. 

The nude female subjects stand in the fiery lava of the volcano, displaying the palms of their hands, with the heart in the center, symbolizing life. The figures emerge from the fertility of the volcano's ashes in a fertile paradise, like a phoenix rising from its ashes before a ceremony.

Side 2, The Birth of the Vision of the Heart, is a continuation of the story depicting a ceremony in which Mother Earth is portrayed with her hands extending into large flowering branches, her feet extending into deep roots, linking her to a fertile pond filled with ancient forms of life.

On the cover: MOLAA Museum of Latin American Art/ Long Beach, California
Project: When God Was A Woman, 1980-2021 
Artist: Judith F. Baca (USA, 1946) | Curator: Gabriela Urtiaga 

Source: LA Art Show