For Immediate Release

January 19, 2006
Contact: Melanie McDonald, director of public relations, 574-284-4579

Poetas y Pintores: Artists Conversing with Verse

NOTRE DAME, Ind.—The Saint Mary’s College Center for Women’s
InterCultural Leadership and the Institute for Latino Studies at the
University of Notre Dame present “Poetas y Pintores: Artists Conversing
with Verse.” The exhibition opens Friday, Jan. 27 at the Moreau Art
Galleries, Saint Mary’s College.

Poetas y Pintores is Spanish for Poets and Painters. This collaborative
project involves 12 visual artists interpreting the work of 12 poets
from across the country. Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame faculty and staff
also contributed their art and poetry. This traveling exhibition is
slated for subsequent shows in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles.

The exhibition runs through Friday, March 3. The Jan. 27 opening
reception is from 5-7 p.m. in the Moreau Art Galleries. Gallery hours
are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m.
For additional information and a list of participating poets and
artists, visit www.poetasypintores.com, or call 574-284-4579.

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