Juan Tejeda

Music in general is a very important part of my life, I love it. One type of music I’ve come to enjoy is Conjunto. Conjunto is a type of music also classified as Corrido and Orquesta tejana. This music is usually common with a working class people; with for the most part have a Mexican background. Conjunto is a mix between German and Mexican style music. One artist who is known in the conjunto world is Juan tejeda, a scholar along side with his music background who has his own band. In class Juan explained the history of conjunto music and how it has evolved over the years. He also explained how he is Mexican American be prefers to be called Chicano or a Xicano, which when translated is the Indians who lived the Americans before anybody; the first included tribes such as the Nahuati and the Aztecs. The way he explained the differences of the Mexican races was also a key point in his presentation.

San Atnonio Art Scene

San Antonio is very rich when it comes to the art scene. I am strongly interested in art I believe due the fact that I try to do my part so I can be called an artist. One great event San Antonio host is first Friday, this happens every first Friday of the month. At this event artist of all types are able to showcase there talents and maybe make some money by catching a viewers eye. In this paper I will concentrate on artist who art is done on surfaces ranging from aluminum to canvas.

One artist I know to have had a series at first Friday is Ruben Garza; Ruben attended East Central High School where his artistic talent was really shown. Ruben has won state back to back competitions with his amazing works of art. I met Ruben in drawing one class here at Palo Alto I’ve known him form about a year and a half. Ruben’s media of art is Prism color pencils, but is also very talented with lead pencils and acrylic oil based paints; his textures in his art ranges from rough to smooth, due to his choice of using paper, cardboard paper canvas and cement.

Ben Mata Artist statement, “Since 2000, I have focused on using aluminum as my canvas. The illuminate surface allows me to create a mood of light and depth. My approach is Spontaneous and intuitive. Discoveries guide me in the execution of the work”. Another artist from San Antonio is Ben Mata; I actually had the pleasure of meeting him at his art space on Broadway Street here in San Antonio. I believe Ben also attended school where I attend Palo Alto College. When visiting Ben for a field trip in drawing class I discovered what his median was as well as what textures usually reside in his works. First of all Ben has recently been using aluminum for his pieces of work. Surprisingly the textures of the works done in aluminum are soft and not rough as expected. Ben also uses canvas for his surfaces and his median is oil pants usually.

The last artist from my city that I will pay tribute to in this paper is a friend of mine Jesus a good friend of mine. Jesus is a talented artiest who I believe that if actually tried could make something out of himself one day. Jesus has a comic kind of art which could be found in many comic books, he can take something a make a very close duplicate from it. He has been drawing ever since I could remember his media of art is manly plain marker, he is very good using a pencil and ink as well. His texture on his art works are always soft, because he refuses to work on anything but plain white paper.

San Antonio is very rich with art, as a city it does a great job trying to show cases it resident talents by having many chances form people to show off there work in different events. In this paper I barely starch the surface of the art talent in my city if interested I suggest discover other artist who reside here and be amazed.

Street Art

Upon receiving instructions on what to do I all ready knew I wanted to do something different. For this field blog I decided to go out side the box and due a different kind of art. The piece of art I choose goes by the name graffiti. Usually doing this kind of art requires imagination so by writing a word or a name making the viewer think, he or she is looking at abstract work. The location of this art is on the corner of San Pedro once you exit highway 35.

The artist who did the art left no name but the name of there crew, EZLY; since I don’t know the artist personally I don’t know what that means. When looking at the art I am able to see that the texture is rough because the artist drew on brick; the artist also incorporating great value using the wonderful variations of hue in this A Symmetrical piece of art. The artist median in this wok is spry can, I think being able to capture the value in the work and combining liquid colors to make another color takes talent.

Just because a piece of art in not on a canvas does not mean it’s not a piece of art. Artist in these genre of art are usually frowned upon due to the narrow minded critics of society. I believe art is art and should not be scrutinized because of where it’s done (public buildings). Credit should be giving to artist for there skill and not there form of art.