Earth, Architecture, and Community: A Global Conversation

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Please join us at the Gutierrez-Hubbell House for an opening celebration of their new exhibit, "Earth, Architecture, and Community: A Global Conversation." Discover how earth has served as a building material across continents for millennia. Featuring global examples, local histories, and explanations of earthen craft, this exhibit highlights the intersection between land, architecture, and community.

For opening day, try out the adobe foot mixing station, but wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty! Enjoy live music from Oti Ruiz and Chuy Martinez, face painting from Gigi from Luna Sirena Body Art and light refreshments, and don't forget to craft your own adobe brick at our outdoor tiny brick station to take home with you.

Otilio Ruiz was born in Pacho Nuevo, Veracruz in Mexico. He started singing at the age of five and he picked up his first instrument at the age of 11. Later he learned and studied guitar, viola, violin and most other instruments with strings. In 1989, he was invited to be part of a folk group to tour Europe with the Achille Zavata Circus, based in Paris. He later became part of a musical group of the University of Veracruz and traveled with them through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. He began a career in education in 2004 at Bernalillo Public Schools. In 2009 he transferred to Albuquerque Public Schools at Coronado School where he had the opportunity to form a children's group, Voces De Coronado. He is the recipient of a Creative Bravos Award.

Chuy Martínez is a skilled musician and natural storyteller. He grew up all over the United States as a migrant farm worker. He became part of the United Farm Workers Union, met Cesar Chavez and was inspired by the work he and Dolores Huerta were doing to represent the workers in the field. When he moved to Albuquerque he became a community organizer, taking what he learned from Chavez and the union to help bring about change. He remains active in the community and is a guest presenter with the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Martínez and Ruiz were recognized as preservers of Indio-Hispano art, culture, and traditions when they received the Premio Hilos Culturales Lifetime Achievement Award, an annual honor awarded to folk artists throughout the upper Rio Grande region who have made strides in preserving and maintaining the culture and traditions of the Indio-Hispano community through music, songs, and dances that have been passed along through community and family events for generations.

Parking

Please follow Isleta Boulevard south of the Gutierrez-Hubbell Museum entrance and turn west on Hubbell Circle. Take a sharp right where there will be signs and parking attendants for further directions.