• 5-8 pm: Art on the Spot
• 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Arpa Quartet with special guests
• 7 pm: Film: Finding Vivian Maier

Special Guests Performing with Arpa Quartet:

Javier Cabrera Jasso is a master percussionist from Veracruz, Mexico. He has played with the legendary Mexican jazz group, Orbis Tertius since 1986. He is also a Professor of Percussion at the University of Veracruz in Xalapa, Mexico. He performs with the Contemporary Dance Company of University of Veracruz & is one of the founding members of the “Repercute” percussion group. He is the founder & director of Independent Percussion Workshop (TIP), Puro Ritmo, Ori & Rumbamba.

Miguel Flores began his musical career at the age of 16. He plays classical guitar, rock and Brazilian music. He has lived and performed in Germany, France, Belgium and Switzerland. He moved back to Mexico to teach at the University of Veracruz in Xalapa. He has performed and recorded with many Mexican musicians, including the trio “Mesedades” with Percussionist, Javier Cabrera.

Mese Merari began her career as a singer in 1997 in Xalapa Veracruz, Mexico. She participated in many bands at the University of Veracruz, including performing traditional Jarocho music. She has won competitions for her song writing. She has traveled to perform all over Mexico, as well as in France, Cuba, China, Macau, Argentina & Thailand. She has recorded as a singer and song writer with many Mexican music groups since 2004. The Mesedades group is a trio with Master percussionist, Javier Cabrera and guitarist, Miguel Flores. They have been invited to perform at museums and cultural centers all over Mexico, from Xalapa to Oaxaca.

About Finding Vivian Maier

Real estate agent John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search for old pictures to use for a history book about his neighborhood, resulted in him bidding and winning a box full of old negatives. John goes through the massive quantity of negatives, describes how impressed he is by the quality of the images, becomes quickly determined they are not reverent to his project and just puts them away. That could have very likely had been the end of the story, if the power of the images had not pushed him to fall in love with photography. John confides that his photo hobby quickly motivated him to set up a darkroom and devote large amounts of time shooting. As he learned more about photography, he recognized that those negatives he had bought, then stored, were the work of a real master. In an attempt to confirm his suspicion, he selected about 100 images and put them online with the hope that the feedback would confirm his judgement as to the strength of the images. (83 minutes)

 
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