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Barro Betus Medrano Family

Art History

Barro Betus Medrano Family

In the neighborhood of Santa Cruz de las Huertas, a village near Guadalajara Mexico, artists work in "Barro Betus", clay art that is rubbed with a ...

Los San Patricios, an Introduction

St. Patrick's Day is a good time to look back through history and pay tribute to my favorite band of Irish rogues. Our Mexican ancestors long ago...

Three Kings Day, Dia de Reyes, Epiphany

In Mexico, Día de Los Reyes (known elsewhere as Epiphany) is celebrated on January 6 to honor the Three Wise Men. This holiday represents the day t...

Modern Artists and Oaxacan Print Makers, Woodblock, Linocut, etc.

Many Mexican Artists truly do use heritage to inspire design. Mexican graphics take on a deeper meaning precisely because they are about more than ...

Alebrijes

Alebrije a Fantastical Creative Force

The history of the Alebrije is a story of creation: Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical (fantasy/mythical...

OAXACA, Art, Culture and History

Evidence of human habitation of Oaxaca region dates back to about 11,000 years BC. Evidence exists that agriculture has been practiced here si...

Master Ceramicist Ventura Hernandez Benitez

In Zinapécuaro, a picturesque town in Michoacan, J. Ventura Hernández Benítez remains solidly committed to his ceramic business as he has been fo...

Art History

Stunning Artistry from the Hernandez-Cano Family Workshop

The Hernandez Cano family workshop is one of the oldest in Michoacan, tracing their history to the beginning in 1815. Beginning in 2008 Mexican ar...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Challenges 2020

The Global Coronavirus Pandemic has imposed itself onto everybody's life in the last 5 months. All aspects of life have been affected, including o...

Solis Family

Collecting: The Creative World of Solis Family Workshop

POCHTECA is Promoting the excellent creations of the premier artists in Mexico, some are well known and some should be. This week we offer th...

Angelica Morales Gamez

Artists of Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzan is one of many of the towns surrounding Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, sustaining a living tradition as an artisan center:...

Folk Art

Jorge Seirra Morales Lake Patzcuaro Mask Maker

The use of masks in rituals or ceremonies is an ancient human practice across the world; the oldest mask found is 9000 years old. In Mesoamerican...

Betus

Juan José Ramos Medrano Master Visionary Maker of "Betus / Nahual" Figures

The renown artist, Candelario Medrano (1918-1986), was one of the top figural ceramists in Mexico, creating fantastic creatures and buildings.Today...