POCHOLANDIA
Pocholandia on Etsy.com
Pocholandia can now be found on Etsy.com. Have a look at some of the smaller mixed media items for sale...click here.
Solo exhibition: Izel Vargas- "Exiles"
South Texas College Art Gallery (Pecan Campus), Aug. 31- Sept. 17, 2009. Artist Lecture (6-7PM) and Closing reception (7-9PM) will be held on September 17th, 2009. The exhibition will feature mixed media works. It will also feature essays by Dr. Claudia Milian (Duke University) and Dr. William A. Nericcio (San Diego State University). Review of the exhibition here.
Requiem for a dying dream?
A short piece about Charlotte's ongoing taco truck situation by José L.S. Gámez, an Associate Professor of Architecture, a member of the Latin American Studies faculty, and currently a Research Fellow with the Institute for Social Capital at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. "Taco Madre" made an appearance on Cause of the Week Blogspot
The Tex{t}- Mex bump
"Pocholandia" was featured on Xicanosmosis at Tex{t}-Mex Gallery blog. Many thanks go out to Mr./Sr./Dr. William A. Nericcio for the kind gesture! visit Tex{t}- Mex! and here.
Aspect:Ratio2
Small-Format Mixed Media works
January 24 2009
Opening Reception:
Irvine Contemporary continuing the concept with small-format works in all media.
Aspect:Ratio2. Artists include: Kwaku Alston, Gary Baseman, Lori Field, Susan Jamison, Akemi Maegawa, Shawne Major, Jiha Moon, Kahn & Selesnick, Izel Vargas, Zach Wirsum
Hub-Bub Invitational
Spartanburg, SC
Please join us on Wednesday,January 14th, 2009 from
7 to 9 pm at the Showroom for the opening reception of
the 2009 Artists-In-Residence Invitational Exhibition
featuring:

Albert Birney (video)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (performance/ video)
Blade Wynne (drawing)
Izel Vargas (mixed media)
Brad Reagan (sculpture)
Gretchen Huffman (printmaking/ drawing)
Nestor Armando Gil (performance)
Piotr Chizinski (mixed media)
Johnathon Whitfill (ceramics)
Mint Museum Lecture Nov. 4
Cost: FREE
Artists’ Forum,The Mint Museum of Art
First Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm
November 4 – Izel Vargas and Michael Schall
Area artists discuss their work as well as current issues and activities in their artistic fields, followed by an informal reception. Co-presented with The Charlotte Chapter of the Links, Inc. and McColl Center for Visual Art.

UNC-Charlotte lecture
UNC- Charlotte lecture for Thursday, September 25 at 4 pm at Storrs 110 in the Art Department.
McColl Center for Visual Art
Beginning of Winter residency at The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC from Sept 8. - Nov 2008.
KNOCK Magazine
KNOCK Magazine is a literary arts magazine published twice each year at Antioch University Seattle. Issue #9 will feature 6 paintings/collages in their "Gestation Issue" to be released in May 2008. Where to Find KNOCK MAGAZINE in WA,NY,WI,CA

El Status Residency
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collaboration project with Mario Marzan. El Status Website May 4-18,2008.CLICK HERE for photoblog!!