Special Preview- MUXE: The Language of Art & Culture
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Special Preview- MUXE: The Language of Art & Culture

Join KCAC for a special preview of Hugo Ximello Salido's MUXE: The Language of Art & Culture

By Kansas City Artists Coalition

Date and time

Saturday, June 29 · 12 - 1:30pm CDT

Location

Kansas City Artists Coalition

3200 Gillham Kansas City, MO 64109

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Join KCAC for a special preview of Hugo Ximello Salido's MUXE: The Language of Art & Culture. This is a chance to have a personal visit with the artist and visionary behind this documentary, which will have a world premiere at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art on Friday June 28th.


"As part of my ongoing effort to celebrate and explore Mexican culture through art, I have been greatly inspired by Muxe - one-of-a-kind individuals who are assigned male at birth but grow up to dress and behave in ways traditionally associated with women. While there is some overlap with the transgender community, Muxe exists within a particular cultural context in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are not transgender women, as they don’t identify as women; they identify as Muxe. The Zapotec culture, concentrated in Oaxaca, is dominantly Catholic today and yet accepts Muxe as a vibrant and even necessary part of the community." - Hugo Ximello Salido

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Kansas City Artists Coalition

The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri.

On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976.

The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC or Artists Coalition) is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists' work in its galleries.