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9th Annual Feria Maestros del Arte
November 12-14, 2010
Friday & Saturday 10 am to 5 pm

Sunday 10 am to 4 pm

Club de Yates Chapala (Chapala Yacht Club),
Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

 

2010 Maestros

This page is a work in progress.
Check back from time to time to see our 2010 line-up of maestros.
Maestros from Other Years: 2009 , 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

View a video of the Feria, just click here

Feria Exposición Maestros del Arte AC is a non-profit mexico art show held yearly in Chapala Jalisco, Mexico to promote the ever disappearing folk and indigenous art (artensania) of Mexico. Artists are invited from all corners of Mexico based on the quality of their work, whether their art has been passed down generation to generation, or perhaps they are an "undiscovered" artist who is worthy of recognition for his/her work. All art/handcrafts must be made totally handmade by the artist presenting their work and they must use only "natural" materials in its production.

 


The following artists are featured in the landmark book "The Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art
(click on the photo to see a larger version).

Cecilia Bautista - (Michoacán) Award-winning Purépecha black with light-blue stripes (and often feathers and/or beads in the fringe) rebozos
Alfonso Castillo Orta Family - (Puebla) Arboles de la Vida (Trees of Life)
Guadalupe Hermisillo Escobar - (Chiapas) the famous forged iron house crosses of San Cristóbal de las Casas
Miguel Angel Molinero Huipe - (Michoacán) (grandson of Emilio Molinero Hurtado) burnished pottery
José Ojeda - (Jalisco) "world-famous"hand-crafted knives

Other noteworthy artists attending are . . .

Jacobo Angeles Ojeda & María del Carmen Mendoza -Alebrijes - carved wood figures
Felipe Benítez Miranda - (Guanajuato) unusual Nahuatl alebrijes (carved wood animals) and paintings
Centro de Integración Tapalpa, A.C. - (Jalisco) this school is dedicated to nurturing the artistic, creative and academic potential of special-needs children - Papelmalecho, paper maché over recycled garbage
Corporación Equipales SC de RL - (Jalisco) a cooperative of families in Zacoalco de Torres working together making incredible equipales
Cooperativa Agua y Monte SC de RL de CV - (Veracruz) handcarved wood
Ruth Cortés Rodriguez - (Guanajuato) silvered Alpacca cutlery, boxes, jewelry, purses, etc.
José Flores & Bruno Tupac Amaral - (Jalisco) original clothing designs embroidered in silk and handmade leather purses and shoes.
Xochitl Fuentes Melchor - (Oaxaca) papier maché figures
Guadalupe García Rios - (Michoacán) Hi-fired unique ceramics of the highest quality
Pedro Hernandez Carlos - (Michoacán) The famous pineapple (piña) pottery taken to a new level by this creative artist.
Pedro Hernández Cruz - (Guanajuato) papier maché
Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts - (Jalisco) incredible jewelry made from the tiniest seedbeads available, other bead and string work pressed into beeswax
Julio Laya Chichicastla, Leobardo Espiritu Rocha - (Puebla) unbelievable handmade amate paper
Patti Orozco Casarea and Enrique Urincho - (Michoacán) Breathtaking and unique handwrought copper jewelry
Angel Ortiz Gabriel & Angel Ortiz Arana - (Jalisco) Barro bruñido (burnished pottery). Both are members of Grupo Tradicional Tonalteca.
Miguel Paredes - (Puebla) Whimsical Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) figures, boxes, items that are becomming very difficult to find in Mexico.
Rutilio Pascual and Tomaso González - (Michoacán) The famed "devil" figures of Ocumicho, carved masks and other delightful ceramic creations.
Dra. Magdalena Pedro Martínez - (Oaxaca) Monas de barro negro - figures of women in regional Oaxacan costumes made out of the famous black clay of Oaxaca
Juan José Ramos Medrano - (Jalisco) The creative and extraordinary barro betus (a birch resin applied to add shine and brillance to the piece) ceramics
Camelia Ramos Zamora, Don Isaac Ramos Padilla and José Mancio - (México) Handwoven rebozos (shawls)
Francis & Rodolfo Rodríguez - (Michoacán) whimsical and creatively handmade wood nichos, retablos, lifesize chairs
Paola Rosendo - (Guerrero) beautiful lacquerware (mirrors, boxes, gourds, animals and much more)
Bertha and Teófila Servin - (Michoacán) Hand-embroidered clothing, scenes on manta cloth and much more.
Tribes Mixes - (Oaxaca) incredible handcarved wood alebrijes.
Celerino C. Vázquez - (Hidalgo) incredible handmade wood objects such as miniature violins, inlaid with abalone shell.

(Our thanks to Karen Henderson for the use of her photographs)

 

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