Time is money. However, for café owner, Sylvia Munoz, time is art. To celebrate the arts, Munoz hosted an art walk at her café, in the hopes of displaying local talent while also bringing the local community together. In order to give artists the opportunity to display their work, Munoz even closed up shop early, to make sure that the artists and those interested in art could enjoy the evening, undisturbed.
The art walk was held at Savory Perks Café, located on 1000 South Texas Blvd. in Weslaco, on May 27th. The café, which is a recipient of the “Commercial Beautification” award for Weslaco, featured a very charming, spacious and relaxing atmosphere.
“I believe in the arts and I love art work and I just feel that sometimes it becomes unnoticed,” Munoz said. Alluding to the scarcity of artistic opportunities for the featured students, Munoz mentioned the need she felt to aid the students in their appreciation for the arts.
“We set up the art walk inside the coffee shop for our local artists so that they could display their work, sometimes they never have an opportunity to do so, and this is giving them that opportunity,” Munoz said.
The café also featured a very elegant patio that was traced by a flourishing garden. Here, artists and community members chose to wind down for the night. A live band played mellow music, while local community members shared their favorite homemade dishes with one another.
“We are doing the pot luck on the courtyard so that our customers can come in, the community can come in, and share a little bit of what they have made or what they have cooked,” Munoz said.
In addition, to showing an appreciation for the arts Munoz also felt that the event would offer a unique change of pace for a lot of people.
“Lots of times we never get to go outside, we just walk into our homes and that’s it,” Munoz explained.
The event was supported by, and featured numerous student artists from South Texas College and The University of Texas Pan American. The art display featured paintings and sketches from students like Ed Couch native Delvis Cortez, a 30-year-old senior majoring in Studio Painting at UTPA. Currently, Cortez is the Vice President of the newly developed student artist organization, Artists Unanimous. The aim of the organization, Cortez says, is to promote student work in areas where there is a lack of venues for the arts.
It was the goal of the students participating in the art walk, to not only share their work, but to also raise awareness about their club. One way that Cortez wishes to do this is, is by displaying student work as frequently and “united” as possible. It is the hopes of Cortez and fellow Artist Unanimous members, like 25-year-old Edinburg resident Adam Cantu, who is pursuing a B.A. in Art at UTPA, to vastly increase the members of the organization in the near future.
“We are kind of a little anonymous right now, we would like for more people to know we exist and for more people to join, including not just the fine arts, but music and English, like all the arts,” Cantu said.
Artists Unanimous unite with Savory Perks
Time is money. However, for café owner, Sylvia Munoz, time is art.
Published: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010 17:06
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