Nicanora Valdez's bowls are whimsical stories in clay and paint, but she's carrying on a serious tradition passed through ...

Discover the most incredible Mexican folk art in Oaxaca, from black pottery and fantastical animal sculptures to artisan cheese and mezcal. Each of these Mexican art towns is like a unique art ...

In Oaxaca, traditional black pottery is making a comeback ... Presented at the 2012 “Destination: Mexico” exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, it became an instant bestseller.

In Mexico, handcrafts and folk art have shaped society for centuries ... It’s likely that 40 percent of the villages will stop producing pottery within our lifetime. That said, I think there ...

Upon the conquest, the art of Mexico stumbled for a while ... pieces in which animals and human figures became part of the pottery. In one oil, a viceroy’s horse becomes an intricate tattoo ...

Long before there were famous Pueblo potters like Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso) and Lucy Lewis (Acoma), there was Pueblo pottery ... clay from central New Mexico, like that found at Acoma ...

‘Here is this American guy who goes down to Mexico to ... As the pottery reached new markets and grew in popularity, Mata Ortiz was transformed into a working art colony. In the documentary ...

KITTERY, Maine — Telling the story of the artists in Oaxaca, Mexico, soon-to-be open ... Indigenous groups making distinct folk art – unique rugs, pottery and wooden carvings – and carrying ...

The Mexican government is calling for a Colorado art gallery and auction house to ... Mexican officials flagged 25 pieces of pre-Columbian pottery in the Artemis auction that came from their ...