Summer Groove
Saturday, August 10 from 1 to 5 PM.
The wisdom of summer is that it teaches us to be fully awake, engaged, and open to everything around us. Summer is life. A life that is precious and wild and moves too fast. Join us and our artists, both old and new at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery for our celebration of summer, Saturday, August 10 from1 to 5 PM.
Artists include:
ANADO McLAUCHLIN, who explored his interior landscape in what he called“Installed Poetry.” Metaphor is the thread that Anado followed as he revealed his connection with kismet and mystery.
ANN CHAMBERLIN’s work is a special favorite of visitors and collectors at the Chapel. Her outpourings are based in what appears to be a primitive eye. However, deeper observation reveals the hand of an accomplished painter with an insightful feminine viewpoint that salutes and addresses the farcical plight of mankind.
CARLOS RAMIREZ was the assistant of Anado McLauchlin who has made a name for himself in San Miguel…His adorned cow skulls leap off the wall and into your heart. His indigenous heritage is celebrated in this intricate work.
CHRISTY HIGGINS is a collage artist whose works are a visual form of active imagination, like wakeful dreamscapes. They come from an unconscious place within that she has been exploring for decades.
EDWARD SWIFT is displaying his esoteric paper mache figures and assemblages. A literary storyline emerges from these renderings that evoke an almost shamanic salute of days past.
LUISA LOPEZ is a recent graduate of the University of Guanajuato in the Visual Arts. We welcome her to Equinox!
RICHARD SCHULTZ is a co-creator of The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery with Anado McLaughlin. He taught art history for over 30 years and is also an assemblage artist.
MERYL TRUETT has also been exhibited worldwide. Her new body of work is photographically-based mixed media with encaustic, incorporating the color and iconography of her adopted home. Her exuberant pieces come from a place of intuitive painting coupled with historic research. Meryl is an artist and teacher in SMA. Find her at merytruett.com or IG@madeinsma.
Whether you’re new to The Chapel of Jimmy Ray or you’re a regular, be sure to mark your calendar for a day of awe and wonder!
SATURDAY, August 10, 1 – 5 PM
Hours & Contact Info
The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery is open again. Visiting hours are 10:30 AM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Reservations can be made by contacting us at +52 415 150-1461 or by email at: anado@madebyanado.com
From Centro Historico in San Miguel take Calle San Francisco which later becomes Calzada de La Estacion. Follow this street straight through the glorieta (traffic circle) and proceed to the train station. Follow the road as it winds to the left and crosses the railroad tracks. Take the asphalt road which winds to the right….follow this road through three curves and you will be on a straightaway to La Cieneguita. When you arrive in Cieneguita you will pass over three topes (speed bumps).
You will pass a large green sign pointing to Guanajuato to the left. DO NOT GO LEFT-Continue straight ahead 150 meters past that sign and you will see a small lane on the right. There is a small purple and yellow sign which reads Casa de Las Ranas and Chapel of Jimmy Ray marking the spot and pointing to the right. Take that turn and soon you will come to a small Church…take a half- right turn and follow the road up the hill parallel to the Church. The Gallery grounds begin behind the Church property…you will enter at the first gate on the left. If coming for a tour you will arrive in front of the large colorful home on the left side of the road….
Desde el Centro Histórico de San Miguel de Allende, toma la Calle San Francisco que después se convierte en Calzada de la Estación. Sigue sobre esta calle todo derecho hasta llegar a la glorieta y continúa en dirección a la estación de ferrocarril. Continúa sobre la carretera conforme agarra hacia la izquierda, pasando las vías. Toma entonces el camino de asfalto que va hacia la derecha.
Sigue sobre este camino pasando las tres curvas y te encontrarás en el camino directo a La Cieneguita. Cuando llegues a Cieneguita pasarás tres topes. Luego pasarás por donde está un letrero grande, verde, que señala a Guanajuato hacia la izquierda. NO VAYAS A LA IZQUIERDA – continúa derecho 150 metros pasando ese letrero y verás un caminito a la derecha. Hay un letrero pequeño, de color morado y amarillo, que dice Casa de Las Ranas / Chapel of Jimmy Ray…Da media vuelta hacia la derecha y sigue el camino hacia arriba, paralelo a la iglesia. El terreno de la Galería comienza detrás del terreno de la iglesia. Entrarás en la primera reja a la izquierda. Si vienes para un tour, llegarás frente a la casa grande y muy colorida en el lado izquierdo del camino.
The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery was founded in 2012 as a vehicle to present the work of Anado McLauchlin along with select artists that Anado has bonded with on a visual and oftentimes emotional level. The Gallery is located 5 kilometers from San Miguel de Allende at the Casa de Las Ranas compound in the small town of La Ceieneguita. This is an artist friendly gallery dedicated to the “road less travelled”.