Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, Holidays, Religion, Restaurants, tagged Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, Días de Muertos, decorations, La Olla, Mexico, Oaxaca, restaurants, skeletons on October 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
Decorations have begun going up around town and, at this time of year, La Olla offers the complete dining experience…
A warm welcome from the hostess.
Waiters standing ready to take your order.
And, una mariposa hanging out, ready to wish you “¡buen provecho!”
Posted in Creativity, Culture, Exhibitions, tagged Mexico, Oaxaca, Primer Festival de Artes Visuales Oaxaca 2011, Puntos de Encuentro, visual arts on October 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Strolling up Macedonio Alcalá on Sunday, I stumbled on an exhibit and workshop being set up in the middle of this walking street, courtesy of Puntos de Encuentro, Primer Festival de Artes Visuales Oaxaca 2011 (Meeting Points, the First Visual Arts Festival, Oaxaca 2011).
Reason number ??? (I’ve lost count) why I love Oaxaca!!!
Posted in Animals, Creativity, Culture, Exhibitions, tagged alebrije, Mexico, Oaxaca, San Martín Tilcajete on October 10, 2011| 2 Comments »
Yesterday, a couple of gal pals and I headed south of the city to San Martín Tilcajete.
They were in search of alebrijes (hand-carved and intricately painted wooden creatures). We shared the roads…
and the sidewalks with local inhabitants.
With real critters like this, it’s no wonder the carvers and painters of San Martín Tilcajete are inspired to imagine and create the beautiful and fanciful.
I hadn’t planned to buy anything, but couldn’t resist a colibrí refrigerator magnet, to add to my growing collection of hummingbirds… both real and imagined!
While there, we discovered San Martín Tilcajete will be holding an exposition at the end of the month to showcase, promote, and (hopefully) sell Oaxacan folk art.
In addition, the Oaxaca Lending Library will be presenting a slide show on Oaxacan Folk Art on October 26.
Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, tagged Mexico, Oaxaca, parade, Teotitlán del Valle, wall art on October 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hanging out In Teotitlán del Valle…
On a rainy day…
Waiting for a parade to pass me by…
Posted in Creativity, Culture, Labor, Protests, tagged IAGO, Instituto des Artes Gráficas, Mexico, Oaxaca, Rini Templeton on August 4, 2011| 1 Comment »
Currently, the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca is exhibiting the work of Rini Templeton; three rooms of her iconic work. For those who may not be familiar with the name, there is a good reason…
For 20 years an extraordinary artist-activist named Rini Templeton drew struggles of grassroots people in the United States, Mexico and Central America. She made thousands of drawings, didn’t sign them and gave them away freely, so her name remains unknown while her work is widely known, used and loved. [Read full biography at RiniArt.org]
As the former director of a labor library and archive, the exhibition kindled so many wonderful memories of this talented, committed, and inspiring woman’s work.
Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, Culture, tagged Cathedral, Guelaguetza, Mexico, Oaxaca, sound and light show on July 26, 2011| 2 Comments »
Last night I, along with thousands of others, gathered on the Alameda, with eyes gazing upwards at the “espectáculo” being projected on the facade of the Cathedral.
Three projectors allowed alebrijes to march across the front of the Cathedral, tapetes to hang from the rooftop, and tin ornaments to be displayed, as if they were on a wall in a mercado waiting to be purchased. Buildings collapsed and were rebuilt, vines reclaimed a pyramid, and so much more. It was accompanied by music familiar to anyone who has spent more than a day in Oaxaca. And, at the end, Flor de Piña was heard as fireworks erupted over the Cathedral.
And so, for whatever role they may have played, my hat is off to the two guys hanging around in their hammocks, mentioned in my July 20 and July 24 posts. The Sinfonía de Luz y Sonido was, indeed spectacular!
Rumor has it that it is being streamed, though I haven’t discovered the link as yet. If I find it, I promise to add it to this post.
Posted in Creativity, tagged Anado, San Miguel de Allende on March 4, 2011| 1 Comment »
How to spend a delightfully creative or creatively delightful day? Take a workshop with Anado!
In San Miguel de Allende now… On Tuesday, clutching selections from our bead collections, L and I hailed a taxi to take us out to the whimsical workshop and home of Anado for our “Provocative Necklace Workshop.” The day wound up being beyond our wildest expectations… a warm, welcoming teacher and host, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes; four congenial classmates (including one very brave guy), with great beads and stories to tell; perfect sixties music to transport the brain to an experimental place; and a psychedelic setting that inspires imagination.
Anado also has a blog, Chapel of Jimmy Ray, check it out!
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