Glimpses of Nature: 12 x 12 Works by Rio Bravo Artes

Glimpses of Nature: 12 x 12 Works by Rio Bravo Artes is a collection of 53 works, mostly on loan from the Rio Bravo Artes Group, and represents the most recent interpretation of their nature-based traveling group exhibition.

The Rio Bravo Artes is a “group of artists who have come together to promote the arts of this bi-national and bi-cultural region that is neither Mexican nor American — “Ni de aquí, ni de allá.” … Centered in Brownsville and Matamoros in an age of [socio- and geo- political unrest], the group has been meeting via Zoom to define their purpose and goals.” The group considers their geographic boundaries to be San Antonio in the U.S. and Ciudad Victoria in Mexico — each nearly 4 hours driving distance away from San Benito. 

The San Benito Cultural Arts Department’s umbrella of cultural heritage includes, but is not limited to, culturally significant landscapes, knowledge and practices concerning nature, and the biodiversity within ecosystems. This synchronicity with the traveling group exhibition’s goal of promoting and highlighting the rich cultural significance of the region’s ecological makeup has resulted in a collaboration that continues these conversations in our borderlands communities.  

On loan from the Rio Bravo Artes Group, Glimpses of Nature: 12 x 12 Works by Rio Bravo Artes is a vibrant and intimate exhibition that explores the profound connection between nature and artistic expression. Coordinated by artist and gallery owner Mark Clark of Mi Vida Loca Art Gallery in Corpus Christi, this traveling show brings together a varied group of artists’ responses to the theme of nature within a strict 12 x 12-inch format — resulting in a rich tapestry of interpretations unified by scale but diverse in vision.