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The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s newest exhibit combines contemporary expressions of 15 Latinx artists with a collection of ex-votos from the archives of New Mexico State University.
Curator Dr. Emmanuel Ortega worked with artists and students to reconsider ex-votos, a historically marginalized art form.
The exhibit, Contemporary, Ex-Voto: Devotion Beyond Medium, which opened at the end of September, focuses on the specific retablos known as ex-votos which often depict miracles. They were often commissioned as part of a prayer for help, or to give thanks for help given, and taken to shrines or places of pilgrimage.
NMSU Art Museum houses the largest collection of Mexican retablos in the United States.
The NEA has approved a $40,000 grant for the University Art Museum at NMSU, among $1.6 million in awards recommended for arts projects in New Mexico.