Art Exhibit Opening [] Lavinia’s ART House

We’ll be exhibiting work by the late Donnie Turner Simeone, who you may have had the chance to meet here in San Miguel de Allende.

But before we share more details about the new exhibition, we have some pieces you’ll want to know about, and that you’ll also be able to see during the newest exhibition.

As always, it’s an honor to offer you work by the famous Margarette Dawit and late José Ignacio Maldonado.

Their history as brilliant art teachers precedes them, and they’re both well known for the passion with which they painted and lived and loved.

Currently you’ll find select artwork by both Dawit and Maldonado here at Lavinia’s Framing, and we invite you to consider how these pieces feel with your collection.

(If you’re not in town and want to view the available pieces, message us to send you high quality photos for your consideration).

Now, mark your calendars today for the upcoming show…

Opening August 22nd here at the shop, we’re excited to present work by artist Donnie Turner Simeone.

Here’s a little bit of her background:

“Donnie Turner Simeone was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico in 1938.

She graduated with honors from the University of Texas, receiving degrees in Fine Art and Education.

Post-graduate studies were pursued at the University of Beirut, Lebanon with an interest in Middle East Studies, Art, and Philosophy.Related fields of study were with the University of New Mexico, The Accademia di Belle Arte, Perugia, Italy, the Accademia di Belle Arte, Florence, Italy, and the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts.

She has also lived, worked, studied, and exhibited in Spain, Malta, France. England, and Mexico.”

Simeone enjoyed a rich season with her husband Riccardo here in San Miguel de Allende, making her a local, beloved artist.

Why is this show special?

This is one of Riccardo’s ways of honoring Donnie, by sharing these pieces with a prestigious group of collectors like you, and spreading her love, work and passion along.

Donnie loved the weaving of metaphors and symbols, which you’re sure to delight in when you come see her work next Thursday.

They’re truly stimulating pieces of art.

According to Donnie, “…reality is only tangible through the interstitial passages of memory and imagination, and that within those passages are the transudatory and consequential “narratives” that underlie and trans-illuminate identity, of each providing a matrix for the other…of a co-essential, codependent space for existence.”

Come see how these ideas are embodied in her work.

Would you like another incentive for joining us next Thursday?

If you know us well, then you already know that August is our anniversary month here in the new building.

We built this community for decades at our San Antonio location, and this is our third year to be at our new location, with much more space to perfect your projects.

August 22nd is NOT an anniversary party (this year we decided not to focus on our anniversary) but it is still a very important day to join us in community of artists and art collectors –

And it would absolutely touch our hearts if you spent Thursday, the 22nd, here at Lavinia’s Framing with us.

What do you say? See you next week!

Sending big love,
The Team at Lavinia’s