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HOUSTON----MECA presents the 2nd
Annual Latino visual art and music showcase featuring artwork and
musical performances by some of the brightest local Latino emerging
artists. Witness the enlightened works by such musicians as
Texaztlan, Green Rhinos, Cuervo, Airline Farrell and works by visual
artists George Manzur , Rene Cruz, Jannette Gonzalez, Daniel Soto,
Raphael Villarreal and Mario Jose Olvera.

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One striking theme is the
reverence for gold and silver, which have fascinated and appealed to
mankind for millennia. made from a
hammered bar of gold.

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Lifestyles of Ancient Aristocrats from Western Civilizations Come Alive at Jewelry Exhibit in Geneva April 20 - June 3; Phoenix Ancient Art's Exhibition Showc

Originating from
cultures throughout Western civilization--including Spain, Germany,
Central Europe, the Balkans , Greece and Rome, Anatolia, the Levant and
Mesopotamia -- the pieces showcase various artistic styles and
impeccable craftsmanship.C.meca-houston.

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Featuring 150 breathtaking pieces dating from approximately the
4th millennium B. The necklace's simple, linear design makes it
appear very contemporary.

What: 2nd Annual Huitzilopoxtli

When: Friday
March 11, 2005
At 8:00 p.
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Concert Series is
sponsored in part by the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the
Cultural Arts Council of Houston Harris County, the Greensheet and the
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast .

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Business Editors/Art Writers

NEW YORK----Phoenix Ancient Art,
one of the world's leading dealers in rare and exquisite antiquities
from Western civilizations, today announced that its latest exhibit,
"6000 Years of Jewels: Fine Metalwork and Jewelry from Antiquity" was
unveiled at its Geneva gallery on April 20, 2005, and will remain on
view until June 3.C., New York, at (212) 288 -7518;
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MECA's Cullen Trust For the Performing Arts Concert Series Presents Huitzilopoxtli: the Day of the Sun

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D, and starting in value
from CHF 2700 (US$2,200), the exhibition offers a fascinating look at
superb metalworks and jewelry in ancient times.phoenixancientart.m.

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"All of the remarkably preserved pieces feature such innovative
techniques as granulation, chasing, gilding and relief work that are
virtually impossible for today's jewelers to recreate, even with
modern technology.C. Appointments for
Saturday can be made by calling (011) 41 22 318 8010, or Phoenix
Ancient Art, 47 East 66th St.

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Located at 6 rue Verdaine, 1211 Geneva 3, Switzerland, the gallery
will be open Monday to Friday, 10:30 a.00 at the door

For more information please visit MECA's Web site at
www. MECA offers classical
and ethnic arts education and support services to approximately 1,500
students a year, and over 3,000 students participate in MECA
workshops, residencies and projects. MECA has served Houston's First
Ward, Sixth Ward, Near Northside, and Heights Districts since 1977,
providing a variety of arts education opportunities, community
performances, public art and cultural celebrations. MECA's 28-year
presence has given families and youth a positive sense of themselves,
their community and their culture.

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The collection presents an intriguing display of how the various
civilizations used metallurgic techniques.
The exhibit displays a variety of wearable items--including rings,
necklaces, earrings, and bracelets--such as a gold torque necklace
originating from Western Europe in the 2nd millennium B.

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to the 13th century A. The show also focuses on pieces accented with
precious stones from antiquity, including safire, carnelian, agate,
sardonyx , and emerald.m. Nicknamed The Day of the Sun, this event has a focus on an
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There are also figures of gods, including a gilt silver statuette
of the Egyptian god Khnum, dating from the beginning of the first
millennium B.

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that is especially notable since Egyptian silver is
extremely rare; and a Classical Greek gold ring with a spectacularly
fine engraved figure of a beardless Hercules. - 6.

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Where: MECA
1900 Kane
Houston, Texas 77007

Admission: $5.org
Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA) is
a community-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote
the healthy social, cultural and academic development of at-risk,
inner-city youth through education in the arts.

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These objects are all individual testimonies to the
extraordinary levels of craftsmanship achieved by ancient cultures,
and their technical ability to produce artistically exquisite and
unique works of art," said Ali Aboutaam, president of Phoenix Ancient
Art.
Vessels are also prominently featured, including a 5th - 4th
century B. Greek rhyton with fluted body and scenes in chasing
technique, and a Hellenistic Greek gold cup with scenes of fishermen
in relief work, from the 2nd - 1st century B.

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Natural pearls are also found, particularly in
Byzantine jewelry .30 p.