Artists explore identity and heritage in 59th Cain show
The Cain National Art Show opened its 59th year with a selection of 66 curated works centered around identity and how it influences the world. The juror for this year’s gallery, Alejandro Macias, is a Texas native out of Brownsville and Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Arizona. Macias had the responsibility of curating the displayed artworks out of the 1,020 submissions from across the country, 34 of which were from artists in Texas. He also spoke on his own work the day before the gallery reception, all of which is viewable online at www.alexmaciasart.com or…