Opening Reception | Featuring Ivete Vaz de Castro Martinez “The Gaucho” and Morgan Converse “Queer Joy Project”

Ivete Vaz de Castro Martinez“The Gaucho”Ivete Vaz de Castro Martinez, a visual artist and the executive director and founder of the Med City Art Festival in Rochester, MN, brings us “The Gaucho." This exhibit celebrates a rich cultural heritage shaped by the landscapes across five countries – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and southern Bolivia – and by two languages – Portuguese and Spanish. Born in Uruguay and raised in Brazil, Ivete Vaz has a profound connection to Gaucho culture, which is beautifully reflected in her artwork. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grantfrom the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislativeappropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 2px; --tweak-text-block-stroke-color: hsla(var(--black-hsl), 1) ; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initial; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-text-block-blend ); border-radius: var(--tweak-text-block-radius); } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { --tweak-text-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { --tweak-text-block-blend : normal; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { --blur-value: blur(15px);} @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { } } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 .sqs-html-content { } } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1780177294697_2491 { --opacity: 100%; --translate-x: 0px; --translate-y: 0px; --rotation: 0deg; --scale-x: 100%; --scale-y: 100%; --skew-x: 0deg; --skew-y: 0deg; --origin-x: 50%; --origin-y: 50%; opacity: var(--opacity, 1); transform: translateX(var(--translate-x)) translateY(var(--translate-y)) rotate(var(--rotation)) scale(var(--scale-x), var(--scale-y)) skewX(var(--skew-x)) skewY(var(--skew-y)); transform-origin: var(--origin-x) var(--origin-y); }