Poetry and Music RECEPTION
APRIL 5, 2024
5-8PM Performance @6:30
cactus BARN
Just Resting Your Eyes
ANGELA GUERRA WALLEY
Poetry and Music Performance @ 6:30
On view by appointment:
March 2 - May 4, 2024
Reception date/time: April 5th, 5-8pm- Live Music and Poetry Reading- Free and open to the public
Artist name: Angela Guerra Walley
Exhibit title: Just Resting Your Eyes
cactus BARN- 613 Mission Street, San Antonio, TX
cactusBARN invites you to join us for an intimate and captivating poetry reading and musical performance with artist Angela Guerra Walley. Enjoy an evening of original songs, poems, and an opening of the artist’s exhibition, Just Resting your Eyes.
Just Resting Your Eyes is a site specific installation exploring love, memory, and dreams across three generations. Angela Guerra Walley’s multidisciplinary works are inspired by her family folklore and examine societal expectations of women, particularly after marriage. On view by appointment: March 2- May 13
cactusBARN is an independent artist run exhibition space that is located in the King William neighborhood. Established by Leigh Anne Lester and Jayne Lawrence in 2023.
Attached images: Petra’s Dreams, 2024. Artist’s pillows, paternal grandmother’s handmade quilt. Angela Guerra Walley while in residence at cactusBARN, February 2024.
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Just Resting Your Eyes is a site-specific exhibition exploring love, memory, and dreams
across three generations. Angela Guerra Walley’s multidisciplinary works are inspired
by her family folklore and examine societal expectations of women, particular after
marriage. The title references a phrase Guerra Walley’s father used throughout her
childhood and makes a connection between the many moments we all close our
eyes - to daydream, embrace, kiss, weep, sleep, dream, and die.
cactusBARN is an independent artist run exhibition space that is located in the King
William neighborhood. Established by Leigh Anne Lester and Jayne Lawrence in 2023.
Gallery Website: www.cactusbarn.org
Artist Website: www.angelaguerrawalley.com
Instagram: @cactusbarn2023 @angelaguerrawalley
Email: info@cactusbraspace.com
bitti's GAMBREL
The American Guëy
DAVID ALCANTAR
Opening Reception:
March 1st, 5-8pm
Closing Reception:
May 3rd, 5-8pm
On view by appointment:
March 2 - May 4, 2024
The right of self determination is foundational to the human experience just as the vote for representation is central to American democracy. A vote not cast is power and agency forfeited to the active participants that decide about governance and legislation. Democracies are fragile constructs, requiring constant vigilance and participation is the price. Superman is an ideal advocate for participation in our own governance. His narrative, being one of the last surviving refugees of a doomed homeland, highlights the preciousness of a free society, buttressed by the faith of the citizenry in one another but constantly threatened by figures who insist that their pursuit of power is done out of righteousness. “The American Güey” is a mural rendered in the style of classic political posters and street murals, leveraging the iconography, mythology, and the seemingly inextricable bond this country has with Superman as a direct call to action for people to exercise their true righteous power of the vote. This mural is a significant gesture in anticipation of the presidential and congressional elections later this year. With the context surrounding this election described as existential by both sides of a polarized electorate, it is not surprising to witness people desperate for a savior or a champion of their cause. This mural, along with the rest of the Superman Project of which it is a part, hopes to highlight that the power and heroism that people are seeking is actually their own.