The Calico Rock Museum will present a one-man show featuring Yaqui Indian Mike Diaz from Thursday through Saturday, February 25th. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the evening.
Diaz is involved with a wide variety of mediums including drawing and painting despite the fact he was deemed legally blind, due to diabetic retinopathy, in 2004.
Originally, from Texas, Diaz moved to the Calico Rock area after retiring from the ceramic tile business. He says art has always played a large part in his life, even while working as a tile setter, and tile was one of the mediums for expression and technique. His inspiration is from the symbolism of many cultures from Native American to Austrailian Aborigine. His main area of concentration lies with aboriginal designs.
Despite the loss of his vision, he continues to create art that typically requires painstaking attention to detail. Over the years his work has been displayed in colleges, libraries and art shows.
Diaz and his wife Becky, a retired nurse, have lived in Calico Rock for 28 years. They have two sons, Maximmo, who is a screenwriter, and Cheyenne, a graphic artist.
For more information on the exhibit visit calicorockmuseum.com.
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