Madre sculpture delivery, University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Ms as part of the Yokna Sculpture Trail exhibit
Alaniz with Melanie , curator and Greta asst. curator
2024 Yokna Sculpture Trail , Oxford , Mississippi
I was invited to exhibit my limestone sculpture of Madre at the 2024 Yokna Sculpture Trail . I will be delivering it in a few weeks.
The flyer for 2024 is similar.
MADRE
LIMESTONE SCULPTURE
Stone Carving Classes in Austin are scarce, but there is now a place in central Austin : 409 West North Loop Blvd.
email: alanizr@mac.com
Sculpture 101: Cutting a piece of stone.
Apropos exhibition for the Umlauf Sculpture Garden
The Apropos Show update: Showcasing the continuing influence of C. Umlauf’s work on the local Austin artist community.
The public opening reception for the Exhibition is on September 7, 2023 from 6 pm to 8 pm:
On October 18, 2023 at 6:30 pm: Insights, and ongoing program that provides opportunities for visitors to learn more about rotating exhibitions in the UMLAUF Gallery.
November 26, 2023: Apropos exhibition closes
Pig Headed
GRREEN CAT
Abstract Mother & Child
Block Head
Creating Art from a branch of history : the Cabinet Oak Project
I guess I got carried away. I had to cut off 2 sections of the log that I picked and received for my project; and, after I had finished the large, major piece , Bison Spirit, I had two ideas for the left over sections . One was to carve a heart and the other was to carve a parrot.
The Heart emerging our of the base.
A Baby Parrot
Links to more information about the May 6th auction.:
Learn more and get tickets: https://cabinetoak.art/
Ticket link for May 6 event:
Gallery of submitted artwork:
https://cabinetoak.art/gallery
Admission to the MFA graduate program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
I have been accepted into graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Bison Spirit
DESTINED FOR AUCTION BLOCK
AMERICAN BISON
Free Range
Three Alaniz sculptures for the Cabinet Oak project
On March 29, 2023 , I delivered 3 sculptures to the LBJ ranch to be auctioned to fund programs at the LBJ National Park
NICE PAT ON THE "BLOG" BACK BY @_feedspot Jan. 9, 2023
“Congrats@alanizart, Your blog has been selected as one of the Best Austin Art Blogs on the web by @_feedspot.
Recap of 2022
Brief Summary of Art by Rey 2022
This is a visual summary of the places that my art took me in 2022.
National Sculpture Society features Alaniz Sculpture of Maya
A photo of the TEMPO 2017 limestone sculpture by Reynaldo Alaniz , Maya at the Mexican American Cultural Center , is now posted on the National Sculpture Society online newsletter. Check it out.
Lvnthelife , episode 19.2 was just released. This is the second part of the live interview.
As promised the second interview of Reynaldo Alaniz, the artist, just came out.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GnOC9Uogk
Rey Alaniz, the artiste, 10/30/22 interview on YouTube channel: LVnTheLife LView
Out of the blue, on October 27, 2022, I was asked for an interview to be done on Sun. Oct. 30 by an outfit called LVnTheLife.
The interview was about my art. The producers of LVnTheLife began to air the interview on the following dates :
1st post: Nov 20-Episode 19, series 1
2nd post: Dec 4- Episode 19, series 2
3rd post: Dec 22-Episode 19, series 3
Tim , the producer said he saw my sculpture of Maya at the Mex-American Cultural Center when it was there between 2018 and 2021 . He said he never expected to meet the artist. He is very supportive of artists
To see it, you go to a channel on youtube called LVIEW and look for the episode 19.1 They also have a channel on Instagram.
Here is the link:https://youtu.be/8p_9TZxjY00
Latest Information on Arts Fort Worth exhibit .
Arts Fort Worth called an audible ( changed their mind ) after their decision on what artwork they wanted versus what they could handle. They informed me that they did not have the equipment to install Madre into their facility, due to a weight problem. They asked me to send in three new submissions that did not exceed 200 lbs.or that 2 men could lift; and, they selected a sculpture of a Parrot. So the big mama, Madre sculpture will not be traveling to Fort Worth which is a lot easier for me. Instead , I will be delivering this parrot head.
ACC Highland Campus : 2022 Juried Student Art Exhibition
This exhibition is part of ACC's contribution to the Austin Studio Tour organized by Big Medium. Austin Studio Tour is a three week long, city wide celebration of local Austin artists.
The exhibition opening weekend will be Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6.
Gallery hours 12:00pm - 6:00pm on those days.
The Art Galleries at ACC are always free and open to the public.
Exhibit runs November 5th through December 9th . You are invited.
I have a small marble sculpture of Maya II and an oil painting of El Campesino on exhibit
To sign or not to sign your work
I received an email dated 9/21/20:
"Hello Reynaldo,
We have a painting by you from 1/2000.
I don't remember where we got it from but it has been hanging on the wall in our house for about 7 years now. I googled the name on the signature today and found your website. We live in Cedar Park.
I just thought you might like to know that your painting from 20 years ago is still being enjoyed today."
Why am I showing this photo? I found out that this painting was left by a recycling bin at a worksite. I am sharing this to hopefully prove a point . In several drawing and painting classes that I have had, some professors have questioned me about signing a work that I have made because they say it detracts from the art. That has never made sense to me. Recently, it happened again and I quickly recounted this story.
Had I not signed ,"Alaniz" , the man would never have located me to tell me how much he enjoys it. I have not met with the new owner, but it is very gratifying to reconnect with that painting.
I hope young gullible art students will not cave to this idea of not signing their work.
Breaking news , up-date information 11/10/22
I just received an email that Madre, my limestones sculpture, was accepted into National Sculpture Society’s TX/OK Community Exhibition at Arts Fort Worth, but it is too heavy . They want a lighter one .
The NSS Community Exhibition is open to Texas and Oklahoma sculptors who are members of the NSS or the NSS Community of Texas and Oklahoma.
A Jury of Selection and a Jury of Awards was assembled after the submissions deadline. The Jury of Selection included elected members of the NSS whose responsibilities were to review works for inclusion in the show.
This sculpture was cut because they said they did not have the equipment to move it. In lieu of Madre, they selected a parrot.
The exhibit runs from Dec. 2, 2022 to Jan. 28, 2023
This was my first large stone sculpture that I completed in 2016 .
I am currently an honor's student at Austin Community College.
Austin Community College : 2022 Juried Student Art Exhibition
This exhibition is part of ACC's contribution to the Austin Studio Tour organized by Big Medium. Austin Studio Tour is a three week long, city wide celebration of local Austin artists.
The exhibition opening weekend will be Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. Please invite your friends and family members to visit the gallery between 12:00pm - 6:00pm on those days.
The Art Galleries at ACC are always free and open to the public.
Exhibit runs November 5th through December 9th
CAMPESINO ,OIL ON CANVAS,3 ft. x 4 ft., June, 2022
Video of gallery showing my sculpture and one painting
A technique to teach reading to children .
Art and Autism
From 2001-2004, I was approved by the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) to be on the TCA Artist in Educaton roster. Rick Hernandez was the Director at TCA at the time.
Celia Hughes was the person in charge of Art Spark. Art Spark was given a grant by the Texas Commission on the Arts to fund a program which would bring artists to elementary schools to do workshops with the parents of pre-school Spanish-speaking children . While the grant money lasted, artists were trained to do presentations to motivate the moms to start preparing their children to start reading and speaking in English, through art.
Because I am bilingual and an artist, I was invited to be trained as a presenter for these workshops. The workshops were conducted at the local elemntary schools close the families. The technique was simple and effective. We knew that the child was exposed to a lot of advertising signs as mom went about her daily business. For example, she might pass a McDonald’s sign or an H.E.B. sign, a Bagel sign , etc. The job of the artist was to train and encourage the moms to direct the child’s attention to all these signs as opportunities to teach reading. This could be done artistically via crayons, paint, chalk, etc. by focusing attention on the signs and start making the connections between letters, words and visual images. This could be done in a variety of ways including cutting pictures out of magazine and pasting them into makeshift booklets with a simple narrative to begin to introduce the concept of reading and what better person than your mom to do this.
Fifteen years later , I had the opportunity to interact with Jagger, a nonverbal child on the autistic spectrum. jagger was 8 years old when I got involved and he really liked cinnamon bagels., He liked music. He liked to dance and to watch videos. His strengths were his athletic ability. He loved any kind of exercise like swimming, biking, and going to the playground. He had the ability to easily memorize songs and prayers. He had a natural proclivity to electronic devices like an iPad.
Jagger has behavioral therapists who work with him on a frequent basis and Jagger has made great strides verbally, But Jagger needed help in reading.
I started to make videos which I hoped would get his attention and begin to help him recognize letters and words; i.e. READ.
I mentioned that Jagger liked bagels. In the video posted in this blog you can see a sample of one of my early attempts. I recently saw Jagger and asked him if he could spell “bagel” for me and he said “B- A-G_E_L”. That was a real plus for me.
I am not an expert in Autism. I have no training as a teacher, much less a special ed teacher, but I thought I would share this as an anecdotal experience.
I want to give the therapist a lot of credit for helping Jagger . The work they are doing is making a difference.
Autism is a complicated impairment. Thirty years ago, it was not even known, but they are making progress in helping children with this condition.
MAYA : from STONE to BRONZE
Going from the STONE AGE into the BRONZE AGE with my large sculptures.
My sculpture of Maya in bronze has been accepted into the 2022-2023 Georgetown Sculpture Tour This one is currently slated to be shown at the Georgetown, Texas Library in October. I don’t know whether it will be shown inside or outside.
I’m working on the base.
