Lunch & Learn with Guest Speaker / Artist: Ximena Peryea

Next up photographer, Ximena Peryea, will join us Tuesday, November 10 (the second Tuesday of November) from noon to 1:30PM as our featured guest speaker for the next installment of our 2026-2027 Lunch Series. She will speak about her late sister Mariella Cadena Angel whose artwork is on exhibit in Came in Water, Left in Wind: Mariella Cadena Angel in the Dupree Lobby, Oct 24-Jan. 30.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

This exhibition celebrates the late Colombian American artist Mariella Cadena Angel, who left behind a vibrant, thought-provoking collection of abstract works that have never before been exhibited.

Mariella was diagnosed with an aggressive, metastatic breast tumor at 40 and against all odds, lived to be 63. Her portfolio evolved into a visual art diary that illuminates hope and resilience and tells of her journey and her confrontations with metastatic breast cancer. Mariella’s works are handmade digital paintings on paper, acrylic, and metal and include watercolor and mixed media creations.

ABOUT LUNCH AND LEARN

Since 2014, this informal art education program for adults has provided fun and informative enrichment opportunities as well as a lively discussion forum for exploring current exhibitions at IAC and other art-related topics.

Irving Arts Center’s Lunch & Learn program runs October through May each year and is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch or snack.

For more information, please contact Marcie Inman, Curator/ Director of Exhibitions & Educational Programs at minman@IrvingTx.Gov or 972.252.7558, ext. 1225.