The Center For Visual and Performing Arts will be the hosting The Complete Frida Kahlo exhibit, it will begin on November 16th and will end on January 25th.

 The cost of the exhibit is $5 for adults and $2 for students and children.  Audio guides will also be available to accompany the exhibit.

The exhibit will feature 100 handpainted and licensed recreations of Kahlo’s paintings.  Also featured will be 30 handwoven and embroidered dresses from Mexico, jewelry, artifacts, and historic photographs to help tell the story of the iconic artist’s life.

One of the paintings featured will be a recreation of Kahlo’s The Two Fridas.  The painting is a self-painting that features two versions of Kahlo, both sitting side by side with their hearts exposed.  One Frida has a damaged heart, and the other’s heart is perfectly intact.  The two Fridas are believed to represent being unloved and being loved.

“Frida is important to me because she was a strong, Mexican woman who painted herself because [she] was the subject she knew the best,” says 2012 graduate and Frida fan, Caroline Rosales. “Her paintings portray the struggles of her life, her pain, her loves and her ideals while at the same time incorporating her Mexican heritage.  Her paintings used a ton of symbolism to get her point across and she used her experiences as well as aspects of the Mexican culture to get that message or experience across to the audience.”