"Breaking the Barrier of the Self" is designed to open a discussion on how artists can break barriers in their work by challenging themselves and their craft.

During the first 10 minutes of his presentation, Roland Salazar Rose shows a video of his work. It is a shortened version of a 45-minute film produced and distributed to the US educational community by Chip Taylor Productions.

Using state-of-the-art technology recently purchased by the Biblioteca, the artist presents "Breaking the Barrier," an abstract series he created this year using mixed media, as well as other drawings, paintings and works on paper and Masonite that include abstract, semiabstract and figurative work done in San Miguel between 2002 and 2005.

Salazar recently exhibited in solo shows in the United States at the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine, and at Merrimack College in Massachusetts. In Mexico, his last large solo show consisted of more than 100 pieces in a 10-year retrospective at the Diego Rivera Museum in Guanajuato. 

Salazar is represented in Mexico City by Aura Galerias; in Guadalajara at El Vertice Galeria; in Paris, France, at Danielle Artois Gallery and in Milan, Italy, at Mario Peliiza Arts. 

In 2007 Salazar will be a resident artist in Costa Rica and will also have a residency in Melbourne, Australia, where he has been invited to complete his autobiographical film The Four Seasons of the Master Myth.

Some of his paintings are on view at a solo exhibition at the Galería Atelier, Fábrica de la Aurora, until July 6. Salazar's images are also displayed at www.salazargallery.com  The artist is also available by appointment at his studio at calle Montitlán 6 (call 152-0995).

Talk and multimedia show,by Roland Salazar Rose
Tuesday, June 27, 5pm, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, 50 pesos

Laughter for Living

Dr. Annette Goodheart (her real name) is a licensed psychotherapist and laughter coach. She is also founder and queen of the Advanced Laughter Institute. She has been therapizing and coaching the "laughter-challenged" since 1970 and has taught laughter classes since 1978. She has laughed, lectured, presented, trained and led workshops all over the world.

Her book, Laughter Therapy: How to Laugh About Everything in Your Life That Isn't Really Funny, has been used as a college and university text and is now available in Japanese and Danish (at least she thinks it's her book!) and soon in Spanish and Icelandic.

Goodheart has been a keynote presenter for many conferences and has worked with universities, corporations, public agencies, hospitals, and religious and psychological organizations in the area of education, business, justice and law enforcement, life threatening diseases and spirituality.

She has been featured on many international TV and radio shows and newspapers, including CNN, Oprah, "All Things Considered," the Washington Post and the New York Times. As a laughter coach and therapist, she provides information and demonstrations on how to bring more laughter into your life.

Laughter for Living, a lecture by Dr. Annette Goodheart
Wednesday, June 28, 5pm, Sala Quetzal, Biblioteca Pública, Insurgentes 25
Donation requested