BERLIN: ANOTHER STAGE OF THE MEXICAN SCHOOL OF
DOWN ART TRAVELING EXHIBITION

The Mexican Embassy in Germany was the new scenario of the traveling exhibition of The Mexican School of Down Art in Europe.28 paintings were exhibited during the months of June and July 2007.

The John Langdon Down Foundation was created on April 3rd, 1972 in Mexico, and it is the first organization of its kind in the world devoted to offering comprehensive health and educational care to people with Down Syndrome and their families. The keystone program of the Foundation is the Mexican School of Down Art which has wide ranging training in theoretical as well as technical development subjects, both in painting as well as in engraving. It currently has more than 200 art pieces, which have been exhibited in different forums in Mexico, United States, Canada, and Europe.

The quality of the art pieces of the Mexican School of Down Art has been recognized by great Mexican painters of the stature of Anguiano, Cauduro, Soriano, and Felguerez, who have stated that the paintings are a reflection of the character of each of these young people. Through the activities taught at the Mexican School of Down Art, the young artists feel they are productive and useful, and in the pieces they create they pour their states of mind, bringing their artistic potential to fruition and literally making “pictorial poetry” with them.

The art pieces that are exhibited there are: La Playa (The Beach) by Aaron Guzman; Sarita y yo (Sarita and I) by Ana Bertha Kuri; Castillo (Castle) and Romulo y Remo (Romulus and Remus) by Armando Robles; Caballero (Knight) by Eric Navarro; Jorobado (Hunchback) by Francisco Pulido; Maestro Daniel (Teacher Daniel) and Perfil (Profile) by Jacqueline Mendez; La Momia (The Mummy) and Mona Lisa by Jesus Melgarejo; Calendario Azteca (Aztec Calendar), Toro Salvaje (Wild Bull), El Brujo (The Warlock) and El Dragon Egipcio (The Egyptian Dragon) by Josafat Calonico; La Vaca (The Cow) and Pareja (Couple) by Lorena Velez; Cuarto de Van Gogh (Van Gogh’s Room) by Marco Polo; Velero (Sailboat) and El Puente (The Bridge) by Maynca Pacheco; Mercado (Market) and Los peces salta en el agua (The fishes jump in the water) by Roxana Velazquez; El estudiante (The Student) and El Gato Montes (The Wild Cat) by Vicente Morales; Enfermo (Sick Person) by Victor Avila; Muerto (Dead), Yo Omar (Me Omar) and Manos y Cara (Hands and Face) of Victor Lora; and Sandia (Watermelon) of Victor Mendez.