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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk | March 2007 
More Gifts for Peter Gray Museum
 PVNN
| Thanks to the generosity of donors like Lucille Shipley and Jose Guerrero, the Peter Gray Museum continues to develop as an important cultural addition to both the Centro Universitario de la Costa and the city of Puerto Vallarta.
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Peter and Buri Gray welcomed Lucille Shipley and a group of her art students to the Art Museum at the Centro Universitario de la Costa this week. Lucille, who is well-known here as a fine artist and art teacher in her own right, was there to hand over three pieces of art to add to the permanent art collection housed at the university.
The love and support shown by the friends who accompanied her made for a very moving occasion.
The first gift is an early oil painting by Tellosa, whose work is well known here. It will complement the five meter wide mobile that he created specifically for the exterior of the museum in 2006.
The second is an oil painting by Russel Davis, who was born in West Virginia, studied art in China for six years and came to live and work in Puerto Vallarta in 1938. He is still fondly remembered by long-time residents still living here.
The third addition to the museum consists of a group of six of Manuel Lepe's original designs for post-cards. They feature several of his iconic subjects that led to his great success as the creator of a native "Puerto Vallarta" style that became well-known around the world.
The museum already possesses a large oil painting of Lepe's, gifted by Laura Quiroz and her children. The addition of these card designs adds to the importance of Lepe's representation in the museum.
Lucille Shipley and her friends spent some time enjoying the seventy or so exhibits that make up the whole collection. After which Lucille declared that she was very happy to see that her gifts would be so well presented. She appreciates the long term cultural and spiritual value of exposing art on a daily basis to the five thousand students who attend the university.
Two other donations have recently been added. Peter and Buri Gray gifted a second work by Rodolfo Nieto who was a rising star in the Mexican and international art world and a protégé of Rufino Tamayo's. Sadly, he died young.
Jose Guerrero has also donated one of his paintings. He has had over forty exhibitions and was the Professor of Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Art in Monterrey between 1987-1991. He is represented in Puerto Vallarta by the Galeria Arte Latinamericano.
Thanks to the generosity of donors like Lucille Shipley and Jose Guerrero the Peter Gray Museum continues to develop as an important cultural addition to the university and the city.
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