Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art

The Personal Story of Maestro Carlomagno Pedro Martínez and How it Inspired FOFA’s Upcoming Educational Venture

Arden — Fri, 31 May 2013 17:56:41 +0000

Maestro Carlomagno Pedro Martínez

Our upcoming FOFA educational initiative to expose young folk artists to the wonders of their Oaxacan culture was inspired by the personal story of Maestro Carlomagno Pedro Martínez, the renowned ceramicist who is MEAPO’s director and a powerful, creative force in the world of folk art. In his November, 2012 [...]

ENCOURAGING PRIDE IN ONE’S CULTURAL HERITAGE: A FOFA INITIATIVE

Arden — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:57:46 +0000

FOFA is aware that the young folk artists with whom we work often have little exposure to their own region’s history and cultural accomplishments. Many live in small pueblos, and have limited educational experiences outside of their own communities. What better a way to promote FOFA’s mission of preserving and promoting Oaxacan folk art traditions [...]

FOFA, en colaboración con MEAPO, los invitamos a participar en el 3er Concurso

Arden — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:27 +0000

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Museo Estatal de Arte Popular Oaxaca’s (MEAPO) Heritage Course

Arden — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:58 +0000

Maestro Carlomagno Pedro MartÍnez

Maestro Carlomagno Pedro MartÍnez, will oversee development of the course, which will be taught primarily by two MEAPO collaborators. Emilio León Zurita is a visual artist with a degree in Spanish literature who is well versed in the culture, customs, and traditions of Mexico and has written several essays on the [...]

FOFA’s Third Young Artists’ Contest: Our Promotional Campaign

Arden — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:34:47 +0000

FOFA and the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular Oaxaca (MEAPO) have developed a wide-ranging promotional strategy so that every young folk artist hears about this special opportunity. The campaign began in mid-April and continues through July, when entries to the contest must be registered.

Banners are being mounted in key spots in each of the [...]

FOFA’s Third Young Folk Artists’ Contest: Exciting Innovations Made Possible by our Generous Sponsors

Arden — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:41:37 +0000

“Celebrating Mother Earth: Inspiration for Oaxaca’s Folk Arts” is FOFA’S Third Contest for Young Folk Artists to be held in Oaxaca in August, 2013. Exciting new initiatives are in the works for this event, made possible by grants from the Western Union Foundation (WUF) and Los Amigos del Arte Popular (LADAP), as well as [...]

Count me in! Oaxacan Artists and FOFA Board Member Collaborate on New Children’s Book

Arden — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:26:02 +0000

In 2012, in collaboration with figurative ceramists, the Aguilar sisters of Oaxaca, Mexico, FOFA board member, Cynthia Weill, recently published a children’s book entitled Count me in! Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish (Cinco Puntos Press 2012).

This was Weill’s fourth book using Oaxacan folk art to depict basic concepts for [...]

MEET the JUDGES for FOFA’s THIRD CONTEST for YOUNG FOLK ARTISTS

Arden — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:42:21 +0000

We are honored to introduce our stellar international panel of jurors for the third competition for young Oaxacan Folk Artists in August, 2013:

Adrián Gómez (Oaxaca)Internationally recognized weaver; studied in Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico City, and Bellas Artes La Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (design, engraving); continues to study graphic design and photography. Amy Mulvihill (New [...]

MEET FOFA’S ESTEEMED FRIEND AND SPIRITED SUPPORTER Carlos Manuel Sada Solana – Consul General of Mexico in New York

Arden — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:59:04 +0000

Carlos Manuel Sada Solana Consul General of Mexico in New York

FOFA is blessed to have found an esteemed friend and spirited supporter in Carlos Manuel Sada Solana, Consul General of Mexico in New York since 2011. Consul Sada is a native of Oaxaca who has deep respect for its culture, including its [...]

Folk Artists and Art: Emerging Trends – Presentation

Arden — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:06:29 +0000

Marta Turok

Marta Turok, a Mexican applied anthropologist, documents transformations in the process of creation.

In recent years there has been a small, yet growing, group of young people of indigenous and folk origins who are expressing themselves through art forms closer to “formal art” than “folk art.” In some cases they develop within [...]