Home

Feria Video
Favorite Links
E-Mail


"The hands, eyes and heart of the Maestro"

This page is being updated - check back for new additions

11th Annual
November 16-18, 2012
Friday & Saturday 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday 10 am to 4 pm

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

 

2012 Maestros
Maestros from Other Years: 2011 2010, 2009,2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

View videos of the Feria, just click here

Feria Exposición Maestros del Arte AC Inc. is non-profit in both Mexico and the United States. Held yearly in Chapala Jalisco, Mexico, this art show promotes the rapidly disappearing folk and indigenous art (artensania) of Mexico. Artists are invited from all corners of Mexico based on the following criteria:

  • Quality of their work
  • Has their art has been passed down generation to generation, or
  • Are they an "undiscovered" artist who is worthy of recognition for his/her work.
  • All art must be made totally handmade by the artist and they must use only "natural" materials in its production.

You can sponsor one of these artists and help defray their transportation cost of getting to the Feria by visiting our Sponsor an Artist page. Help us keep Mexico's legacy of folk and indigenous art alive.


The following artists will be attending in 2011 and are featured in the landmark book "The Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art."
To access Fomento Cultural Banamex's website click here.

 

Silvano Aguirre & Saturnino Muñoz - (Jalisco) inlaid hand-carved wood
Cecilia Bautista - (Michoacán) Award-winning Purépecha black with light-blue stripes (and often feathers and/or beads in the fringe) rebozos
Gorgonio Candelario Castro - (Colima) traditional handcarved wood masks
Nicolas Fabian Fermín - (Michoacán) Barro bruñido ceramics
Elena Felipe Felix & Bernardina Rivera - (Michoacán) Jug-made pottery towers
José Ojeda - (Jalisco) "world-famous"hand-crafted knives
Sna Jolobil Cooperativa - (Chiapas) Mayan textiles
Mariano & Cilau Valadez - (Nayarit) Huichol string and bead art

Other outstanding maestros attending are . . .

BOOKS
Artes de Mexico - September 1988 was the first issue of the Artes de Mexico encyclopedic book collection on Mexico, it's art and culture.
Fomento Cultural Banamex - "The Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art" landmark book will be available for sale at the Feria. Currently this book is out of print and unavailable through other channels.
CERAMICS
Emilio Barocio Yacobo - (Michoacán) handcarved wood alebrijes
Cocucho - (Michoacán) this distinctive and easily recognized pottery comes from a remote Purépecha Indian village in the state of Michoacán.
José Luis Cortéz Hernández - (Jalisco) extraordinary bruñido pottery
Alvaro de la Cruz & Family - (Michoacán) Extraordinary handmade ceramic catrinas (skeleton figures dressed in finery)
Miguel Fabian Pedro - (Oaxaca) the famous barro negro (black) pottery of San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca
Juana Gómez Ramírez & Feliciana Ramírez - (Chiapas) intricate ceramic jaguars, pots, etc.
Martin Ibarra - (Jalisco) intricate ceramic virgins and other ceramic pieces
Angel Ortiz Gabriel & Angel Ortiz Arana - (Jalisco) barro bruñido (burnished pottery). Both are members of Grupo Tradicional Tonalteca.
Juan José Ramos Medrano - (Jalisco) The creative and extraordinary barro betus (a birch resin applied to add shine and brillance to the piece) ceramics
CLOTHING/TEXTILES
El Jorongo - Ruth Mitchell de Aguilar - (Michoacán) Hand woven rugs, sweaters, etc.
José Flores - (Jalisco) original clothing designs embroidered in silk and handmade leather purses and shoes.
Francisco Mariño León Santiago - (Oaxaca) Domentic linens such as tablecloths, bedspreads, etc.
Camelia Ramos Zamora and José Mancio - (México) Handwoven rebozos (shawls)
Teófila and Bertha Servin Barriga - (Michoacán) hand-embroidered clothing, scenes on manta cloth and much more.
Carmen Simón Zamora - (Michoacán) handpainted & quilted pillows and dresses
Pascuala Vázquez Hernández - (Chiapas) the famous textile work of Chiapas
DAY OF THE DEAD
Miguel Paredes - (Puebla) whimsical Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) figures, boxes, items that are becomming very difficult to find in Mexico.
DOLLS
Marcela Hernández Mendez - (Chiapas) handmade stuffed animals of Chiapan wool
Original Friends - Women's Prison Project - (Jalisco) cloth dolls elaborately decorated by women imprisoned in Mexico. Read all about their newest program in Puerta Vallarta.
FIBER/STRAW/PINE NEEDLES
Tito López Hernández - (Oaxaca) pine needle baskets (pino cesta aguja)
Roberto Mejia Muñoz - (Mexico) popotillo (straw) art
Isabel Mendoza - (Jalisco) - popotillo (straw) art
FURNITURE
Aracelia Barbero - (Jalisco) hand-painted wood framed mirrors
Corporación Equipales SC de RL - (Jalisco) a cooperative of families in Zacoalco de Torres working together making incredible equipales
HUICHOL
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
JEWELRY
Julio César López Heydeck - (Guerrero) Spratling-style silver jewelry
Arturo Salgado Vazquez - (Oaxaca) Filigree and cartoneado jewelry
Flora Maria Sánchez Arias - (Chiapas/Jalisco) silver and amber jewelry with an "old-Mexico" flare
LACA/MAQUE
Paola Rosendo - (Guerrero) beautiful lacquerware (mirrors, boxes, gourds, animals and much more)
MASKS
Enedina and Eliseo Castillo Castillo - (Michoacán) Traditional handcarved wood masks, religious objects, Catrinas and much more
Prudencio Guzmán - (Jalisco) incredible original designs ceramic masks. A member of Grupo Tradicional Tonalteca.
Juan Horta Castillo Family - traditional maskmaker - before his passing, Juan was one of the most sought after in Mexico
METAL
Enrique Badillo Aguilar - (Guanajuato) tinsmith extraordinaire
Ruth Cortés Rodríguez - (Guanajuato) silvered Alpacca cutlery, boxes, jewelry, purses, etc.
PAINTING
José Manuel Robles - (Jalisco) painter who expresses Mexican rural life in his own unique style
PAPER
Arte Papel Vista Hermosa S.C. de R.L. de C.V. - (Oaxaca) handmade paper jewelry
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
Pedro Hernández Cruz - (Guanajuato) papier maché
Julio Laja Chichicaxtla, Leobardo Espiritu Rocha - (Puebla) unbelievable handmade amate paper
ROCK
J. Ignacio Garcia Rosales - (Jalisco) molcajetes and other handcarved items from volcanic rock
WEAVING - RUGS/CARPETS
Osvaldo González Hernandez - generations of rug weaving have honed the skills of this artisan
Pedro Mendoza Gutierrez - (Oaxaca) handwoven rugs and carpets
WOOD
Felipe Benítez Miranda - (Guanajuato) unusual Nahuatl alebrijes (carved wood animals) and paintings
Zeny (Zenon) Fuentes - (Oaxaca) alebrijes (carved wood animals)
Tribes Mixes - (Oaxaca) incredible handcarved wood alebrijes.
   
 

Home

Feria Video
Favorite Links
E-Mail