Office of Art & Culture implements mural program to combat graffiti Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. April 7, 2016. The Municipal administration, via the Office of Art and Culture, is carrying out a mural program in the Old Port with the goal of combatting graffiti and rescuing public spaces by transforming them into urban art, all in […]
Con la intención de promover a los artistas, así como vender sus proyectos, y mostrar al público como se realiza una obra, por lo menos cada mes se abrirá el espacio de la Plaza Colosio en el área del malecón para quienes deseen mostrar sus creaciones y realizar trabajo frente a los espectadores. Este evento, […]
By: Azucena Mazón & Shandra Keesecker-Rivero The launch of the Tianguis Cultural Fair in Plaza Colosio this past weekend means there’s a new spot to share art and watch artists in action on the malecón. (Tianguis [pronounced “tee-YAN-geese”] is similar to a bazaar or market) With the goal of promoting artists by offering a space […]
La agrupación internacional ecologista Sociedad de Conservacion Biologica nombro como embajadores para la protección de la vaquita marina a Monica Michelle y Guillermo Munro Colosio. Por la trayectoria que ambas personas han ganado con su activismo en labores de protección al medio ambiente y al ecosistema de la región además de promover con el arte […]
The Society for Conservation Biology recently named Monica Michelle and Guillermo Munro Colosio (Memuco) as ambassadors for the protection of the marine vaquita. A background in environmental activism and awareness campaigns about the region’s ecosystem, along with the promotion of art as a means to preserve the endangered species, earned both Michelle and Memuco the […]
The critically endangered vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus) is a species endemic to this region. It is believed that only 100 vaquita remain and its very survival has been widely debated within the fishing sector. According to studies done by various organizations, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as of July 2014 there were […]
Por Shandra Keesecker-Rivero “Tiendo a garabatear, y me aferro a no dejar de hacerlo,” dijo Memuco, nativo de Puerto Peñasco, al recoger un post-it del escritorio y sentarse frente a mí. El modesto, amable, medio bohemio y artista con los pies en la tierra, Guillermo Munro Colosio (conocido como “Memuco” pseudónimo derivado de las primeras […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Images courtesy of Memuco “I tend to doodle, so I’m just going to hold onto this,” said Puerto Peñasco native son Memuco, picking up a post-it and sitting down across from me. The unassuming, kind, and down-to-earth artist Guillermo Munro Colosio (known as Memuco which derives from the first letters of his […]
Internationally acclaimed artist MEMUCO coming to Puerto Peñasco on Oct. 18 Who is Memuco? Check our articles about this native Puerto Peñascoson’s work: Exhibit in California Memuco in White Canvas Project
There are the Oscars and Tonys, and now Puerto Peñasco is home to the Eddies. To complement the 10th Anniversary of his home design showroom near the entrance to “Rodeo Drive”, Eddie Wharez of Diseños Casas y Jardin held an extravaganza on the chilly evening of Jan. 12th to celebrate the 1st Fiesta Awards for […]
RockyPoint360 staff: The talent in Puerto Peñasco continues to shine on an international level. During the last week of September, Peñasco native Guillermo Munro Colosio – better known as “Memuco” – had two gallery openings of his work, one in LA and the other in San Diego. Though Memuco has returned to his current home in Beijing, China, his work will remain up at […]
It’s that beautiful feeling you get when you start a new project… – Memuco This is the heading of Rocky Point artist Guillermo Munro Colosio’s (Memuco) site that displays his wide breadth of art talents, which are now part of a show “LA Jam” put on as part of the White Canvas Project of the […]
