We are pleased to announce the formation of the Museo de las Comunidades Mexicanas en el Extranjero that will be located in Mexico City, Mexico, under the direction of Arturo Avendano director of La Llorona Art Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. This museum was created to focus a spotlight on the lives, careers and accomplishments of the millions of Mexicans who live abroad. Future exhibits will encompass historical facts, documents, videos, artifacts, and the stories of people who have made their lives throughout all parts of the world. This museum is a not for profit organization and is the home of and belongs to all those who are of Mexican descent. The museum is the only one of its kind existing in Mexico.

"Torre Altus"
Carver Companies Palm Desert; Cal, USA
Agosto 1985, Luis Barragan y Raul Ferrara Architects
Foto/B+F. Museo Rufino Tamayo
Color silkscreen, 26" x 31" Price: $4,500

Contact: Arturo Avendano
Tel: 773-281-8460

From the beginning to the present works of Delilah Montoya, a Chicano artist, La Llorona brings to Chicago a “Retrospective” exhibition. These 22 works have been composed from the Guadalupe series to the Border series. This is an opportunity to review in one space Delilah Montoya’s cultural history, memory, and identity through photographs in Chicago knowing that the Chicano Movement is still very strong and very still alive. Delilah Montoya’s photographs picture people and places where the real gets magical and the magical gets real. The Latin American community in the United States starts at the border of Mexico and the United States and gets roots in the rough life where Delilah pictures them in prisons, boxing matches, and Sagrado Corazon. “Interpreted as an alternative to the mainstream, stands as a personal statement that evokes an identity. I aspire to originate the artist's voice," states Delilah Montoya. Her images range from large, colorful photographs to intriguing assemblages comprised of gauche, printing and photography.

“Born in Fort Worth and raised in Nebraska with deep roots in northern New Mexico, my work explores the lived reality of the Mexican American community. Working in a variety of photographic and printing processes as well as creating multimedia installations I aim to generate conversations that are densely textured and provocatively layered with aesthetic, spiritual, and political meaning” states Delilah.

Delilah Montoya received her B.A. in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico, and received her Associates Degree in Commercial Photography and Art from the Metropolitan Technical College in Omaha.