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Jose Maria Alejos Madrigal: Generations of ceramic creativity in San Jose de Gracia, Michoacan Travis Whitehead

"I learned from my parents. It's been passed down from generation to generation." read more

artists crafts Michoacán

Santa Clara del Cobre and Erongaricuaro: Mexican craft towns on Lake Patzcuaro jennifer j. rose

James Metcalf, Stephen and Maureen Rosenthal and Vasco de Quiroga have a lot in common. Each was a foreigner who came to Michoacan's hills and dales surrounding Lake Patzcuaro, married art with commerc... read more

artists exploring-tourism Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán Erongaricuaro, Michoacán

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Rodolfo Morales - Mexican artist (1925 - 2001) Stan Gotlieb and Diana Ricci

Maestro (master, teacher) Rodolfo Morales, one of the most prominent native Oaxacan artists, succumbed to cancer of the pancre... read more

art artists indigenous-groups Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Alfredo Zalce: Mexican muralist and Michoacan's living legend Sam Houston

Alfredo Zalce, at age 94, is the elder of Mexico's last living renowned, great revolutionary muralists. He was born in Patzcua... read more

artists Michoacán

Mexico's Daumier: Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852 - 1913) Jim Tuck

José Guadalupe Posada is in the great tradition of cartoonists who double as political and social commentators. That traditio... read more

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Tragedy and triumph: The drama of Jose Clemente Orozco (1883 - 1949) Jim Tuck

A great ideological struggle is never a day at the beach. Whether its matrix is race, nationality or economic inequality, the ... read more

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Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera Jim Tuck

In art as in life, Diego Rivera was a man constantly in rebellion. At 16, he left the prestigious San Carlos Academy in Mexico... read more

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The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) Jim Tuck

With the possible exception of André Malraux, no individual associated with the arts has been involved in direct political ac... read more

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Embryography of a jeweler Raúl Ybarra David Everett

It is perhaps only in the "advanced" civilizations that artists are elevated above craftsmen, with the former thought to be le... read more

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Born to blush Hank Duckman

chrome://itsalltext/locale/gumdrop.png Saulo Moreno Hernandez is a 71 year old sagacious, self-effacing artist from Tlapujahua... read more

artists culture-customs Michoacán

Out of Mexico's past: Photographs that speak volumes (Hugo Brehme and others) Anthony Wright

Anyone out there on the information highway heard of an American photographer named North? Worked in Mexico, made dozens of da... read more

art artists history Pachuca, Hidalgo

Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo - Universal artist from Colima Wendy Devlin

In the half-light I enter the ‘horno’ or oven room. A base of reds frames the pre-Hispanic pieces in the Museum of Alejand... read more

art artists crafts literature Colima, Colima

Famous Mexicans on their stamps - Frida Kahlo Peter Laux

Frida Kahlo was a talented artist considered by many to be a modern master. She also was a tough lady, fighting physical adver... read more

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Las Pozas: Edward James' fantasy stands tall in a jungle in Mexico Michael Kernan

The Surrealist poet, self-styled architect and arts patron Edward James liked to put his ideas into concrete form before they ... read more

architecture artists famous-people history Xilitla, San Luis Potosí

Edward James, Builder Of Dreams Michael Kernan

"Look, we move among a bunch of 'pseudo-realists', who.... produce nothing but junk. So, they try to act like madmen t... read more

artists Xilitla, San Luis Potosí

Accidental Paintings: Photographs by Carol Stein Reviewed by Allan Cogan

Here's a most unusual collection of photographs and Mexico Connect is delighted to bring them to you. They are all, despite th... read more

art artists book-reviews San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

Frida: A Novel Based on the Life of Frida Kahlo by Barbara Mujica Reviewed by Allan Cogan

"Although events in Mexican history and in Frida's life provide the general framework, many incidents and characters portrayed... read more

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Mexican Folk Art from Oaxacan Artist Families by Arden Aibel Rothstein and Anya Leah Rothstein Reviewed by Allan Cogan

There are hundreds of photos of all kinds of artistic output, from pottery to wood carvings, from basket weaving to candle mak... read more

art artists book-reviews crafts day-of-the-dead family Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Casa Santiago: Zapotec rug weavers of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca Alvin Starkman

artists crafts Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Michoacan's master craftspeople and their arts Travis Whitehead

Abdon Punzo Angel's thick hands tapped minute details into the menacing snout of the copper dragon that sat immobilized in a v... read more

artists crafts Michoacán

Creations In Silver - By Dona Eva Martinez Charles E. Moritzky

The designs of Doña Eva Martinez are mostly 18th and 19th century with some pre-hispanic symbolism, predominantly earrings. T... read more

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The five senses of Frida Maggie Van Ostrand

Frida Kahlo was a captivating artist and an intriguing, seductive woman. If we hadn't figured that out from the many books wri... read more

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A legend in his time: composer Agustin Lara Rita Pomade

Music is the universal language that crosses all barriers and penetrates the heart. There was no composer who understood the e... read more

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Mexican muralists: the big three - Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros. Rita Pomade

Mexico in 1910 was a country in despair. Foreign domination had been replaced by the tyranny of President Porfirio Diaz. Two-t... read more

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Francisco Goitia - A Product Of His Times Rita Pomade

When we talk of Mexico's great painters, Francisco Goitia isn't the first name that comes to mind. Yet, without a doubt, he is... read more

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The photography of Manual Alvarez Bravo (1902 - 2002) Rita Pomade

Manuel Alvarez Bravo is not as well known for his portraits of artists and intellectuals, but many are dazzling. One of his fi... read more

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Maria Izquierdo - Monumento Artistico De La Nación Rita Pomade

On October 25, 2002, one hundred years after her birth , the Mexican painter Maria Izquierdo was declared a Monumento Artistic... read more

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