The Kissimmee City Commission at its Tuesday meeting recognized five artists, and is displaying their work at City Hall during Hispanic Heritage Month through Nov. 5.
Each year, the City of Kissimmee observes Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrates the cultures, histories, and contributions of people that came from eclectic places like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Costa Rica, Argentina, among other countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
The City of Kissimmee hosts an art exhibition to celebrate Hispanic artists from our community. This year the Commission is recognizing:
Mauricio Murillo, who goes by the artist name Crummy Gummy, a portrait photographer and is of Honduran and Columbian descent. His work includes a portrait of his 90-year-old grandmother, his first subject and his muse;
Marisela Rodriguez, a painter and visual artist. She came to Florida from Cuba when she was seven years old on the Freedom Flights, and her work reflects the hope of a free Cuba;
Veronica Garcia-Bernal, a Kissimmee resident, creates art through acrylic on canvas and mosaic. Her work portrays people and their best and their back stories;
Jennicel Bolanos, a 13-year resident of Central Florida and an artist originally from Puerto Rico whose acrylic work reflects her homeland. She also loves doing portraits of people, like Frida Kahlo, a Mexican who painted about her experience of chronic pain;
Michelle Irizarry, a Puerto Rican native who finds paintings of landscapes and nature’s beauty therapeutic and healing.
The Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition is available for viewing at Kissimmee City Hall from Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 5.
