[ms_row] [ms_column style="3/5" align="left" class="" id=""] [ms_heading style="" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="600" font_size="32" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] “Am I not here who am your mother" [/ms_heading] [ms_heading style="" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="600" font_size="14" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] Coatlaxopeuh to Cuauhtlatuohac, (Juan Diego) 1531 On the hill of Tepeyac [/ms_heading] [ms_heading style="none" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="21" margin_top="5" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] On December 12, 1531, on a hill called Tepeyac in Mexico, a middle age Indian named Juan Diego saw a vision of a lady whose garments gleamed of light, color and splendor. She spoke in the native tongue of the Aztecs. It is said that she summoned Juan Diego to tell the Spanish Priests to build her a temple at the sight where she had been worshiped by the Aztecs and known by her people as Tonanzin, mother of the Gods and of the Earth. [/ms_heading] [ms_heading style="none" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="16" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] Every year on this day Centro Cultural Aztlan produces and presents an annual Celebracion a la Virgen de Guadalupe with one of the most beautiful exhibits and of it’s kind. In addition to exploring this secular icon and its significance in the Latin American community, visitors can experience this phenomenon through a visual narrative showcasing a myriad of artistic representations by some of San Antonio’s most noted artists. This exhibition is the oldest and most reverend featuring La Virgen de Guadalupe as the main theme. View our online exhibit and celebration on our Facebook Page here: https://fb.watch/2qc5-RIsIY/ or on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OAtoHhva74k [/ms_heading] [ms_heading style="none" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="18" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="5" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] Opening Reception:[/ms_heading] [ms_heading style="" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="400" font_size="34" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] Saturday, December 12, 2020 [/ms_heading] [/ms_column] [ms_column style="2/5" align="left" class="" id=""] [caption id="attachment_1550" align="alignnone" width="500"] Artwork by Mary Agnes Rodriguez[/caption] [ms_heading style="" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="12" margin_top="10" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be on view on December 12, 2020 and from January 4 – January 22, 2021 Monday-Friday, 9am to 5p.m. [/ms_heading] [/ms_column] [/ms_row] [ms_promo_box style="boxed" border_color="#fdd200" border_width="1" border_position="left" background_color="#f5f5f5" button_color="" button_link="" button_icon="" button_text="" button_text_color="#ffffff" class="" id="virgen_apply"] APPLY TODAY [/ms_promo_box] [ms_divider style="normal" align="left" width="100%" margin_top="20" margin_bottom="20" border_size="1" border_color="#bfbfbf" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider] [ms_heading style="none" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="18" margin_top="10" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] This is this year's virtual gallery:[/ms_heading] [foogallery id="1529"] [ms_divider style="normal" align="left" width="100%" margin_top="20" margin_bottom="20" border_size="1" border_color="#bfbfbf" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider] [ms_heading style="none" color="" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="500" font_size="18" margin_top="10" margin_bottom="10" border_width="0" responsive_text="yes" class="" id=""] Check out our past Virgin de Guadalupe Exhibits:[/ms_heading] [the-post-grid id="1296" title="guadalupe_postgrid"] [ms_divider style="back_to_top" align="left" width="100%" margin_top="20" margin_bottom="30" border_size="2" border_color="#bfbfbf" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider]