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STRANGE NEW WORLD: ART & DESIGN FROM TIJUANA
EXTRAÑO NUEVO MUNDO: ARTE Y DISEÑO DESDE TIJUANA

Cultural Institute of Mexico, Washington DC
February 16 - April 24, 2006

Facade of the Instituto de México in Washington DC - Located at 2829 Sixteenth Street, NW The primary mission of the Institute is to promote and disseminate the vast and rich traditions of Mexico's cultural past and present.

Exhibition promotional image designed by the Museum of Contemporary Art-San Diego.

Speakers and honored guests at the opening of Extraño Nuevo Mundo including: Rachel Teagle, Curator, MCASD; Hugh Davies, Director, MCASD; Eugenio Elorduy Walther, Governor of the State of Baja California; Carlos de Icaza, Ambassador of Mexico in the United States; Alejandro Negrín, Director, Cultural Institute of Mexico.

Pierrette Van Cleve with Hugo Crosthwaite's Linea - Escaparates de Tijuana 1-4 located in the Cultural Institute's José Clemente Orozco Gallery on the first floor.

Detail of the three-story mural by Roberto Cueva del Río, depicting some of Mexico's colorful traditions. Located in the grand entrance hall of the Cultural Institute, this mural is but one of the artistic details that adds to the mansion's splendor.

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