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Check Out Edgar Cano’s Story Today we’d like to introduce you to Edgar Cano. Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?I began in the arts, sticking to my decision [...]

JUXTAPOZ INTERVIEW WITH EDGAR CANO   In conjunction with winning "Best in Show" at this year's 16th annual Surreal Salon at the Baton Rouge Gallery, we sit down with Mexican painter, Edgar Cano-Lopez, to discuss his winning work, Mexican surrealism and how the theater and stage helped him develop his own painted scenes.    Juxtapoz: What were [...]

  Work by NSU art professor Edgar Cano captivates viewers with mystical, surreal images   NATCHITOCHES – Artist Edgar Cano Lopez works in many mediums, but paintings in his series that includes “Life is Beautiful” are colorful large scale works with mythical elements, fine details and ambiguous themes. “Life is Beautiful” earned Best [...]

  NSU artist selected as Grand Jury Winner for Manifest competition   A painting by Edgar Cano-Lopez, assistant professor of art at Northwestern State University, was winner of the Grand Jury Award for Season 20 (2023/24), the Biennial 2023 juried competition hosted by Manifest, a contemporary arts center in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The Grand Jury [...]

Coffee with Corey: Art from Mexico to America   By Corey Poole Assistant Art Professor Edgar Cano’s introduction to Northwestern State University happened over breakfast with one of his professors while he was a student at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Veracruz in Mexico. While earning an arts degree, Edgar was introduced to Marcus [...]

Painter from Mexico comes to Natchitoches to pursue Master’s of Visual Arts NSU NOVEMBER 27, 2020/ NPJ The Natchitoches Parish Journal stumbled upon some beautiful photos on Facebook that were taken by Fran Carvajal Toloza. The photos were of an artist doing a live painting along the banks of Chaplin’s Lake. The Journal [...]

Meet Edgar Cano  SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Edgar Cano. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below. Edgar, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What do you think matters most in terms of achieving success? I understand the [...]

The Ben D. Johnson Center’s Community Mural is Unveiled to the Public APRIL 4, 2022/ NPJ   After weeks of community effort under the direction of artist Edgar Cano, Natchitoches’ first community mural, “Planting Seeds of Hope”, was formally unveiled to the public in a ceremony and festive block party at the Ben D. [...]

Art & Life with Edgar Cano   Today we’d like to introduce you to Edgar Cano.   Edgar, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.I was born in Isla, Veracruz and grew up in Santiago Tuxtla, “an enchanted region where the greenery frolics and magic [...]