Annual Report 2012 - 2013
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Universidad de las Américas Puebla
UDLAP OUTREACH
tourist map. Its participation in "Noches de Museo"
(Museum Nights) and reviews published in the "36
hours Travel" section of the New York Times, guaran-
tee it. A small sample of the activities carried out in
our main culture center follows.
In February 2012, the exhibit "Nube negra" (Black
Cloud) was presented, a grand installation designed
by the artist Arturo Hernández with over 590 objects
collected after the explosion of San Martín Texmelu-
can which dialogue with an unprecedented curator-
ship of the UDLAP Art Collection by Gustavo Ramírez,
alumnus of this University.
In May, as part of the celebration of the 150th
anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, the exhibit
"Migración: el otro 5 de mayo" (Migration: The Other
May 5th) was presented in collaboration with the
multidisciplinary group Abracadabra, which drew
the public in a playful manner to
the interpretation of elements
and meanings of migration
in the 19th century, through
graphic design and art installa-
tions. The photographic exhibit
"Puebla sitiada, Puebla heroica"
(Puebla in Siege, Heroic Puebla)
compared 22 photographs from
the private collection of General
Berge, who participated in the
1863 siege, with 22 contemporary photographs of the
places destroyed a century and a half ago, taken by
John O´Leary from similar perspectives.
In June, the exhibit "Libros de artistas" (Artist´s
Books) was inaugurated in collaboration with CODEX
México, El Colegio de Puebla and the Puebla State
Ministry of Public Education, gathering a collection
of 42 books hand-crafted by Mexican and Califor-
nian artists of international fame, using traditional
and new techniques. During this exhibit we had the
attendance of artistic and cultural celebrities such as
Vicente Rojo, who was the keynote speaker.
Also during the month of June, UDLAP´s Art Chapel
was the headquarters for the First International
Workshop on Urbanism in Puebla, in collaboration
with Les Ateliers and the Puebla State Ministry of
Social Development, gathering over forty architects
and city planners to imagine the future of our city.
As part of the UDLAP Summer 2012 program, the child
art exhibit "Yo Soy" (I Am) was presented, with over
60 pieces made by children aged 4 to 12, who did
self-portraits in various painting and drawing tech-
niques, guided by professor Carlos Arias.
Closing on a high note, as of September, UDLAP´s Art
Chapel lit up with a stellar temporary Fall exhibit,
"LUBOK: libros de artistas de Leipzig" (LUBOK: Leipzig
artist´s books), receiving over ten thousand visitors
who appreciated 200 graphic pieces, in small and
large format, produced by 27 European artists of the
last decade. The exhibit, inspired in the 18th century
illustration technique, was possible thanks to the
collaboration of the National Stamp Museum, the
National Institute for Fine Arts (INBA), the Goethe
Institute, the Patronage of German Industry and
Volkswagen de México.
UDLAP´s Art Chapel doubled
its weekly offerings from four
to eight artistic programs in
2012; over 160 events were held
throughout the year, continu-
ing with the regular program-
ming of Musical Wednesdays,
Cinexpectativas, UDLAP &
Friends and Fantastic Sundays,
and including the new events
Art and Coffee, Ad/opta &
adapta, Other horizons, and Literary Saturdays.
GALLERIES IN CASA DEL CABALLERO ÁGUILA
The program of temporary exhibitions, carried out
in March 2012, presented an exhibit that brought
together twelve contemporary female artists from
Puebla; entitled "Las Coleccionistas: Identidad trans-
ferida" (The Collectors: Transferred Identity); over 25
paintings, drawings, videos and installations estab-
lished a dialogue on the diversification of the female
role in society in 19th century, collecting historical
moments, objects of use and disuse, and lines and
forms transferred through time.
In July, the exhibit of 22 Mexican artists "Talleres grá-
ficos Región X" (Graphic Workshops of Region X) was
inaugurated, encompassing the images on offer from
the "Wirikuta Resiste" (Wirikuta Resists) project, in
collaboration with the Erasto Cortés Printmaking
