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"....The piece hangs like a textile from an old wooden bar,
but rather than cloth, it is made of old cassette tapes...."

Beasts of Introspection, by Atención Staff,
Atencion San Miguel, August 21, 2009


 

 "From a collective desire to shed light on the issue of violence against women comes a small group of women with a big idea..."

 Beverley Ashe for Atencion San Miguel
March 6, 2009

 
   


“.... Having gone from an aesthetic appreciation of huipils to an obsession about their meaning, I know that never in this lifetime will I understand all the codes whispered within their threads...”

- Lena Bartula, for Atencion San Miguel, January, 2009





 
“ Pozos resident Lena Bartula opens her studio for the upcoming Artwalk with a series of prints....”

from San Miguel de Allende's news and tourist newspaper, Atención San Miguel June, 2008.


The Creative Journey continues with Joan Columbus and Lena Bartula, Dec. 7, 2007, Atencion San Miguel
 
 
Noticias Queretaro, Silencio y Otros Suenos por Lena Bartula
"Como un homenajage a Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz y mas mujeres quienes les fue
robado el resplandor de su inteligencia,la maestra Lena Bartula ..... "

Noticias, Queretaro, Qro,
del marzo, 2008.


 
"A hate crime took place at the Chinatown Branch of the San Francisco Public Library......"

Read this article about the crime,
the art and the documentary film by Cynthia Buzzard for American Artist Projects.

American Artist Projects, Atencion San Miguel, Damaged Books.
 
".....her work asks questions such as "if a poem is painted on canvas, is it then a poem or a painting? If an artist chooses a garment to paint on, is the result then art or clothing...."

TALKING PICTURES,
Atencion San Miguel, 2006.


Here are links to other articles and webzines you might enjoy.

feminist art project.rutgers.edu
virtualvallarta.com
vallartavive.com
zingology.com
findarticles.com
albuquerquetribune.com
albuquerquejournal.com

email me: lenabartula@gmail.com