ARTISTS IN OAXACA CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS: WOVEN COTTON CLOTH, DECORATIVE TIN WORK, JEWELRY, WOODCARVED TOYS AND RETABLOS, CORN HUSK FIGURES, & PAPIER MACHE
Many excellent folk art galleries can be found in “el centro” (the center of Oaxaca City). Some present a spectrum of crafts, while others specialize in one or more. For a list of folk art resources within the city’s limits, see Oaxacan Folk Art-at-a-Glance
Sampler of excellent artists:
WOVEN COTTON CLOTH
The Orozco Family [Santo Tomás #214, Xochimilco]
José Leyva [Bolaños Cacho #206, Xochimilco]
DECORATIVE TIN WORK (“HOJA DE LATA”)
The Leyva Family
- Alfonso Santiago Leyva [Río Pedregal #211, Colonia la Cascada]
- Victor Rubén Hernández Leyva (nephew of Alfonso) [Río Pedregal #112, Colonia la Cascada]
- Miguel Ángel Agüero Pacheco [Santo Tomás #118, Xochimilco]
- Miguel Angel Agüero Bustamante (son of Miguel) [Santo Tomás #118, Xochimilco]
Arón Velasco Pacheco [Callz. Heros de Chapultepec #213]
JEWELRY
The Garcia Family
- Delfino García Esperanza [Vega #305, Interior #4, Barrio de la Noria]
- José Jorge García García (nephew of Delfino) [Vega #305, Interior #4, Barrio de la Noria]
Cesar Rodríguez Zárate [Prolongación de Arteaga #513, Colonia 5 Señores]
Rodolfo Pérez Santos [Argentina #307, Colonia America Sur]
Francisco Jesús Pérez Hernández [Constituyentes #108]
The Rojas Calvo Family [Oro de Monte Alban, Calle Adolfo C. Gurrión S/N]
WOODCARVED TOYS AND RETABLOS
Antonio Villafañe Acevedo [Donaji #104, San Juan Chapultepec, Barrio del Progreso]
CORN HUSK FIGURES
Hilaria Zárate Hernández [in Mujeres Artesanas de las Regiones de Oaxaca A.C., #204 Cinco de Mayo]
PAPIER MACHE
Jesús Canseco Zárate [Carbonera #804]
Pedro Mendoza Ortega [Fraccionamiento Álamos, Infonavit 141-201]
