El Otro Mundo Debajo del Cielo (The Other World Below the Sky) highlights the richness of ancestral stories, indigenous spirituality, folktales, urban legends, and myths that permeate the history of Latin America through timeless stories such as El Cuco (The Boogeyman), La Ciguapa (aka "the mountain mermaid") or La Llorona (The Weeping Woman). Through this exhibition, CIA's Latinx Heritage and Appreciation Club—in its third annual exhibition—invites visitors to explore contemporary interpretations that have been passed from one generation to the next. Work from CIA students studying Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Sculpture + Expanded Media and other programs is expected to be in the exhibition.

El Otro Mundo Debajo del Cielo will be on view March 2–27 in CIA's Alan Lipson Gallery. A closing reception will be held from 5:30 to 8pm Friday, March 27.

A related exhibition that showcases work created by CIA Latinx Club students in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University students involved in Esperanza, a nonprofit that provides college-readiness programs and other services to Hispanic students and families in Northeast Ohio, will be on view concurrently in CIA's Donna and Stewart Kohl Corridor. Like the work in El Otro Mundo Debajo del Cielo, the paintings in this exhibition explore cultural urban myths.

Image credit: Untitled artwork by CIA Life Sciences Illustration student Jordan Rose.

SPONSORS

Reinberger Gallery programming is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County, through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Our exhibitions are also generously supported by CIA's Community Partners.