An Art Collaboration
Every year VMT hosts a Hispanic Festival, where all the students showcase their culture and talents. The dance and music department perform, but what do Graphic Designers do?
We Design!
The VMT Communications Graphic Design Program puts our skills to work and produce a magazine to showcase our culture and TALENT.
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Dance students, Julieta Villalón, Jazmine Valdez, Gisell Robledo, Bryanna Mondragón, and Carlos Lozano showcased their diverse talents with inspired dances from different Latino cultures.
Our feature piece is a photo essay with the help of the art and dance department.
Art Students, Sophia Almaraz, Leslie Garza, Abylene Sanches, and Areli Zepeda, painted the dancers in Mexican Sugar Skull Makeup, or as known in Mexico, Catrina.
According to abc7News magazine, La Catrina was created in 1910 around the start of the Mexican Revolution by José Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican printmaker who created political cartoons; “The original name was La Calavera Garbancera,” said
They’re dances from Mexico like the Traditional Mexican Dance from the state of Jalisco and the Azteca Concheros. They also perform dances from Spain such as the Tanguillos, and Cuba’s Cha- Cha- Cha.
The Hispanic Festival not only has a platform to showcase the performers talent and appreciation for our roots, but it brings VMT fine arts and communications programs in unison to appreciate our culture.
Rodriguez, chief operating officer at San Francisco’s Mexican Museum.
