Gerardo went on to say he plans on hosting another collectors event in the near future.

From El Progreso Memorial Library

Jeep Collins will be at the Library this Thursday at 1:00 pm to sell and sign his new book, plus show a documentary on the famous Collins Handbags. The Library will host a special raffle of a donated small Collins Handbag, “Milles Fleurs.” Raffle tickets are $10.00 each for your chance to win a historical piece of fashion unique to Texas! So be sure to attend this wonderful event and learn more about “Collins Designer Bags.”

Students of all ages and their parents attended El Progreso Memorial Library last Saturday, April 22nd for the Continental Tire 4th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Expo which went on from 9 am to 2 PM.

 One of the many highlights of the event was the microscopic natural art project where students would take tiny leaves, flowers, butterfly wings and shells and other items and place them under a special microscope equipped with a screen. Once the child was happy with the arrangement, a digital picture of the item was taken and then printed out in full color for the student to keep.

  Uvalde Memorial Hospital ( UMH) had 5 medical stations set up in the Library’s meeting room including a lab demo with petri dishes with samples of germs. The UMH Radiology Department brought an ultrasound as well as the ICU department with an ultrasound vascular demo and exhibit. The UMH Emergency Room Department brought a summer safety exhibit featuring information about summer heat and safety. The UMH Wound Care Center also brought an exhibit about the science and technology of wound care. 

“We want to show the youth what kind of great jobs are out there and the beauty of science,” UMH Marketing Director Susan Ditto Rios said in an interview on UvaldeRadio.net with Robert Miguel. 

Continental Tire, the Title Sponsor for the Expo had an introduction to the Uvalde Proving Grounds Exhibit featuring a cut out portion of a tire which shows the features of a tire’s design.

 Sul Ross University had several outdoor learning stations in front of the Library. Also just outside of the Library students could visit Southwest Texas Junior College’s table where they could make their own dart airplanes.

  At 11 AM, Medina Electric Cooperative put on their Live-Wire show where an audience could learn about the dangers of high voltage and what could happen if a Mylar balloon comes in contact with power lines or if a person touches a high voltage line with their finger. A hot dog was used to represent a human finger.

  Another experience which was new to this year’s Expo was an old technology exhibit set up inside the Library’s Youth Room.  At this exhibit brought by Thaddeus Kochen, students could play old video games and even play a game of Pong which was the first popular video game which was introduced in the 1970’s

 Taylor Martinez, a 15 year old Freshman at Uvalde High School attended the STEAM Expo. 

 “(I’m) someone who’s really considering a career path in science and I’m really passionate about science,” Martinez said.

   “What inspired me to get into science was, just it makes up life. You have philosophy, you have science, you have the arts and I feel like they all tie into each other,” she said.

   Martinez went on to say she is interested in studying astrophysics in college.

 

 

 

 

 Press Release:

  Artist of the Month Maria Sicily Guido, is an American born artist whose love for oil painting started at age nine. The paintings included in the “Love for Uvalde” Exhibit Collection at the at El Progreso Memorial Library began in the Summer of 2021. This visual storytelling of the City of Oak Trees through her oil paintings present a social and historical understanding of the City of Uvalde from an outsider perspective. 

  During her continued stay in the City of Uvalde and County she will continue adding to this collection.

  A singer-songwriter, poet and model, she spent more than five years restoring murals for the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department as well as working with neighborhood communities to deter graffiti presence. Other art work has included commissioned portraits including a non-exhibited collection in partnership with her ex-husband titled,” American Rockstars, Popstars and Movie Stars”!

  Her nine year old daughter too has begun her artistic career. Included in the “Love for Uvalde” exhibit are inspirations of some of her young Texas memories.

WHAT: ART EXHIBIT AT EL PROGRESO MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN UVALDE, TEXAS. COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS INSPIRED ON WALKS THROUGHOUT THE

SMALL SOUTHWEST TEXAS TOWN OF UVALDE, TEXAS, BY EL PROGRESO MEMORIAL LIBRARY ARTIST OF THE MONTH MARIA SICILY

GUIDO. THE COLLECTION OF OIL PAINTINGS IS TITLED “LOVE FOR UVALDE” (“LOVE FOR THE CITY OF OAK TREES”).

WHERE: EL PROGRESO MEMORIAL LIBRARY. 301 WEST MAIN STREET, UVALDE, TEXAS 78801.

WHEN: THROUGHOUT MARCH 2023. MARCH 1, 2023 THRU MARCH 31, 2023.

Maria Sicily Guido
Mariasicilycalabria@gmail.com
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