Gustavo Pérez stands alone as the Mexican ceramic artist who is internationally celebrated and admired. If you are in San Miguel, you have a rare opportunity to be among the first to view of a large selection of new works by internationally acclaimed ceramic artist Gustavo Pérez. Gustavo Pérez is like a national living treasure for Mexico. He … Continue reading Gustavo Pérez 8th Annual Exhibition is Now Open!
Learn more about Mexican folk art... Mexico has as great a variety of folk art as any other country in the world. Folk art has its roots in indigenous culture and has been handed down through families for many generations, sometimes hundreds of years. Each artist has acquired a deep knowledge of materials and techniques, … Continue reading An Introduction to Mexican Folk Art for the Uninitiated
Why is Mexican folk art so filled with skulls and skeletons? The convention has its origins in the human sacrifices of the Aztecs, who decorated their temples with walls of skulls, often from human sacrifices, to please their gods. The Aztecs kept skulls as trophies, displayed them on walls and in temples, and used them … Continue reading Day of the Dead and Skeletons in Mexican Folk Art
TUESDAY, MAY 21 Bogotá was just so we could catch an early flight south to Colombia’s “coffee triangle.” Now we are here, enjoying the town of MANIZALES. We are staying in HOTEL VARUNA in the “Zona Rosa” district. Hoping for a good meal, we looked up Japanese and the most highly rated was . . … Continue reading 2019 May Buying Trip- Part 6 Colombia
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY – MAY 13, 14, 15. MEDELLÍN We chose a small hotel, a converted home, on a tree-shaded street in a residential area, HOTEL PARQUE DEL RIO, because it is a pleasant ten-minute walk to the huge exhibition hall where EXPO ARTESANO is taking place. We enjoyed this walk each morning. First, we … Continue reading 2019 May Buying Trip- Part 5 Colombia
Sunday, April 21 – Francisco Toledo Gallery We walked to our favorite breakfast place: Marco Polo and then drove out to the woodworking workshop just outside town: Tribus Mixe. Their workshop is set among beautiful gardens with little seating areas here and there. It’s tidy and clean and incredibly inviting. Even though they knew we … Continue reading 2019 April Buying Trip- Part 4 Oaxaca, Olinalá & Taxco
I forgot to include photos of the spectacular peacock who lives a happy life at Hacienda Don Juan in San Cristóbal, most graciously spreading his magnificent tail for us. Here they are: Wednesday, April 10 – Guatemala We had arranged to meet a driver right at the border at 10:00 but forgot that Guatemala is … Continue reading 2019 April Buying Trip- Part 3 Guatemala & Oaxaca
We had time to walk all over San Cristóbal Centro. It’s all familiar to us now, the beautiful pedestrian-only streets lined with excellent shops and lots of people, street musicians, and the lovely single story, simple colonial buildings with tile roofs, flower pots and draping vines. Trip Advisor told us we’d never have a better … Continue reading 2019 April Buying Trip- Part 2 San Cristóbal and Mexican border
Tuesday, April 2 – TeziutlÁn, Puebla On our six-hour drive to Teziutlán, we listened to The White Road, all about porcelain, by the author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes. It’s beautifully written, and very interesting, especially if you worked with porcelain for fifteen years, as Mayer did. Teziutlán is where one of Mayer’s … Continue reading 2019 APRIL BUYING TRIP
Galería Atotonilco 