angel… My Mexican Angel 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 It was really hard for me to decide what artist to base my Mexican angel on. I admire the craftsmanship and art from Mexico so much... but seeing Mario Castillo's…
Art… The Mexican Muralist Movement. Part II 24 Sep 20253 Oct 2025 I decided to write the post to share the murals I saw when I visited Pilsen in Chicago, U.S. Here immigrants from Mexico started to settle after World War I…
Art… The Mexican Muralist Movement. 20 Sep 202520 Sep 2025 The Mexican Muralist movement is widely considered the first major public art movement in the modern world. Unlike earlier murals that often served religious or purely decorative purposes, the Mexican Muralism movement was…
Art… Surrealist Female Artists in Mexico 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025 Imagine yourself a woman in 1940's in Europe and wanting to be an artist. The place was way too oppressing with the war and its aftermath and also with the…
Art… Crafts from Mexico 28 Aug 2025 Just like their dancing, the crafts of Mexico are historic, alive today and so varied! Of all the countries I have visited in my life, Mexico was by far the…
Art… Making a Quetzalcoatl Puppet 1 Aug 20251 Aug 2025 Hi! I decided to post this fun activity I enjoyed with my students. I created Quetzalcoatl puppets. Quetzal what? Quetzalcoatl, one of the most adored Mesoamerican gods. You can learn…
Art… Minhwa (민화) Painting of the People during the Joseon Era. Part II 1 Mar 2025 Hello! To continue our trip through the rich world of Minhwa, we will now look at ... MUNJADO / 문자도 (PAINTING OF CHINESE CHARACTERS) Munjado screens, a captivating form of…
Art… Minhwa (민화) Painting of the People during the Joseon Era. Part I 16 Feb 202516 Feb 2025 I did a search about Korean visual arts and I decided very quickly I would concentrate my research and writing efforts on this beautiful art form that comes from the…
Craft… Making Korean Knots: maedeup (매듭) 12 Jan 202516 Feb 2025 Hello! I did it! I made some Korean knots. It wasn't easy... it is a very precise art. One wrong turn usually means the end of that attempt. How did…
angel… A Rwandan Angel 22 Jun 202422 Jun 2024 After researching and seeing the art of some of Rwanda's great visual artists I was inspired by the colors of Pascal Bushayija with his lovely Earthy colors and the technique…
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