Milagritos 2008

Heather Ryan Kelley, McNeese State University professor of art, has work featured in two national exhibitions this fall.

Her print titled, “Milagritos,” will be in both Chicago’s Woman Made Gallery Exhibition titled “Mirando Al Sur” on display Oct. 16-Nov. 12 and the Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 20th National Exhibition Oct. 30-Dec. 29 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

“Milagritos” is an intaglio print based on a poem titled “Sea Bed” by John Montague. The print has imagery of shells and milagros, or miracles. Milagros are the metal charms found in churches in Mexico as offerings of gratitude. The print pays homage to the little miracles that occur when desire flashes between two people. (Milagritos is the diminutive form of milagros).