El Paso Museum of Art Announces Retablo Exhibition Focused on "Saint Francis"

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB

Anonymous (Mexico, 19th Century) Saint Francis of Paola, 19th Century

TEXAS---Today's Pope Francis is the head of the Roman Catholic faith, but his namesakes: Sait Francis of Assisi and Saint Francis of Paola were of different eras, and this summer, the El Paso Museum of Art has organized an exhibition of these historic Saint Francis' that spotlights the museum's growing collection of retablos. A retablo or lamina is a Latin American devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art.

El Paso Museum of Art: "Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Francis of Paola" (Ends November 2, 2014) in Dorrance and Olga Roderick Gallery: Retablo Niche; One Arts Festival Plaza, El Paso, TX; (915) 532-1707; elpasoartmuseum.org