Furst was working on his PhD in western Mexico in the mid-1960s when he discovered the vibrant yarn paintings of the Wixáritari ... of the indigenous folk art.” With interest in folk art ...

Displaying a collection of Mexican folk art built over the decades since HemisFair ... Among those is a collection of old nichos — religious paintings in decorative shadow boxes.

So it fits that May would be so drawn to the saints, fantasy creatures and Day of the Dead skulls of Mexican ... paintings, ceramics and textiles from throughout Mexico, drawing from varied folk ...

Among the lively streets in the East Village lies La Sirena Mexican ... paintings of Frida Kahlo decorate the walls and colorful dolls hang from the ceiling. La Sirena Mexican Folk Art, also ...

This explains why Briya’s brilliantly colored art is called “Secret B Creations.” But the influences of that art are anything but secret. Briya’s paintings are now on display on the walls ...

collected Mexican folk art, also known as arte popular. These objects included decorated ceramics, embroidered textiles, children’s toys and devotional ex-voto paintings–tiny images painted on ...

Backed by its president and chief angel ... of Mexican art, from the artistic mud pies of the archaic Huaxtecs and Tarascans (500 B.C. to 500 A.D.) (see cut p. 58, top) to the latest paintings ...

Twenty-four paintings was all it took for him to achieve immortality, to establish himself as a legendary figure in the canon of modern Mexican art. The giant of Mexican modernism, Diego Rivera ...

a Mexican artist from Viroqua and co-founder of the Mexican Folk Art Collective, on the exhibit and programming. She will talk about her work and vision for the exhibit from 1 to 3 p.m. May 4 at ...