Maria Sanchez

The Day of the Dead - A Step to Eternity: Un Paso a la Eternidad In honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Mexican revolution, in which approximately one million people died to replace the dictator Porfirio Diaz in order to create a Constitutional republic, this year’s theme of the Day of the Dead is based on revolution and change or honoring death as the price for liberty. October 20 — November 13, 2010 Artist-participants: Francisco Franco, Yvonne Montano, Oscar Cisneros, Dr.Htain Win, Maria Sanchez, Dave Steffes, Raul Nava, Patra Nesseth - Steffes, Maxton Dramite, Lorenza Sanchez, Beto A. Bravo, Leonardo Ibarra, Amy Nelson Smith, Leslie Mathie, and others. Reception and Celebration: Saturday, Nov. 6, 3-7PM

I will be out and about all over the bay area this week. I hope to see you at one of these events! Tuesday October 12th Starting tonight I'll have some paintings on display at Puerto Alegre Restaurant , 546 Valencia St in San Francisco, (restaurant opens at 5:30 for dinner tonight). The opening of the Third Annual Dia de los Muertos Exhibit, installation by Polu Manu Productions, other artists include Shawn Griggs, Emilia Garcia, Emmanuel Montoya, Hector Silva, Maya Gonzalez, Pamela Enriquez and many others, The Vigil Familia and Puerto Alegre is a San Francisco Institution and Family Style Restaurant in the heart of the Historical Mission District, best margaritas in town too! Please stop by to see this amazing artwork and have a margarita! Thursday October 14th Latina(o) Artists United Against Breast Cancer, Reflections on Canvas , in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at Latinas Contra Cancer in San Jose. 255 North Market Street, Suite 175 (corner of Julian-on North S

Mujeres Series speed painting video. I am learning to shoot video and then create an edited speed painting video with music. This one is from start to finish. It took me about 2 hours, but the sped up video is about 9 minutes. Enjoy!

One of my favorite artists is Lupe Flores. While we have never met in person we go back a while back to 2004 when we both were listing art on Ebay. I've watched her art develop over the years and it's been incredible to see the different types of art she has created. Lupe's art includes paintings, hand stitched dolls, clay dolls and more recently a new line of t-shirts with her Dia de los Muertos themed art! She has also teamed up with Saide on a line of paper mache painted calavera skulls. To learn more about Lupe Flores visit her website at: http://www.artbylupeflores.com/ To purchase her T-shirts, dolls, original art and prints visit her etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByLupeFlores?ref=top_trail Lupe's art is also one of this months featured artists on ArtByLatinaArtists.com.