The artist from Terceira, Carlota Monjardino, opened her 32nd solo exhibition at the Vila do Porto branch of the Santa Maria Museum. “Transparencies,” which shows 21 paintings depicting landscapes of the island, has been on display since September 1st and can be seen until November 30th.
“In some of the paintings I’m using a new technique based on overlapping colored fabrics and nets, which give an effect of transparency and depth – almost without using paint – and in which the thread is sewn rather than painted. I liked the result and I intend to continue this research in future works,” she told DI newspaper in Angra.

Carlota Monjardino was born and lives in Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira. She graduated in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where she also completed her master’s degree and studied in Spain.
Between 1996 and 2023, he held 31 solo exhibitions in Terceira, São Miguel, São Jorge, Graciosa, Lisbon, Ponte de Lima, Valencia (Spain) and Tulare (United States).
She has also taken part in several group exhibitions in the Azores, Lisbon, Porto, Gouveia, Spain, Bermuda, New Bedford, Eisenstadt (Austria), Valencia, Cuenca (Spain), Dénia (Spain), Brussels, Paris, and Klagenfurt (Austria).
It is represented in various private collections and public institutions in the region and also in Lisbon, Porto, Ponte de Lima, Tulare, Oslip (Austria), Murcia and Valencia (Spain).
She has taken part in various courses, seminars, and workshops in Portugal, Spain, and Austria in the areas of Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking (Serigraphy, Calcography, Lithography), Art History, and Illustration.

In Diáro Insular, José Lourenço-director.

As the news article stated, Carlota Monjardino was one of the few Azorean artists to have an exhibit here in California. Her work was part of one of the editions of the symposium Filaments of the Atlantic Heritage, held in Tulare (sister city to Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores) between 1990 and 2002.

Translated to English as a community outreach program from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures Department (MCLL) as part of Bruma Publication and ADMA (Azores-Diaspora Media Alliance)  at California State University, Fresno.

Here is a link to follow Carlot’s work

https://carlotamonjardino.wordpress.com/

One of her works

A gentle reminder that October is our annual Crowdfunding event. We have a goal of 22 thousand dollars to assist with the multitude of projects we have going on, from Oral history collection to producing documentation on the Portuguese-American experience in Central California, from our speaker and conference series to Bruma Publications, from the Cagarro Colloquium to the Alfred Lewis Bilingual Reading Series, from this NOVIDADES news platform to FILAMENTOS, arts, and letters in the Azorean Diaspora, from ADAM (Azores Diaspora Media Alliance) to the implementation of a Diaspora Forum. Please donate. With your help, this community-based grassroots fundraiser can reach our goal of 22 thousand dollars by October 31. Thanks so much. Here is the link. If you prefer to donate with a check, please make the checks to Fresno State Foundation and mail them to Diniz Borges, 1418 Clarete Avenue, Tulare-CA 93274.

The link to donate securely using a credit card online

bit.ly/46fdNIo

or the QR code