Select views of Mexican folk art form theme of 3 conferences on Zoom

[Judi Lynn]

A tree of life sculpture from Metepec, México state.


There are only 100 tickets per date to join a renowned bilingual anthropologist
Published on Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The Franz Mayer museum in Mexico City is offering a series of online anthropology conferences in English.

Only 100 tickets are available for each of the three dates to join renowned anthropologist Marta Turok, who is head of the Ruth D. Lechuga Center for Folk Art Studies housed in the museum.

The first of the Zoom conferences, on July 7, is titled Spectacular Natural Dyes of Mexico. It focuses on three important dyes, which are most associated with Oaxaca: cochineal, indigo and purpura, the last of which comes from a purple sea-snail.

The second event, Ceramic Trees of Life, examines pottery sculpture on July 8. Ritualistic candelabra from Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, and surrealistic works from Acatlán, Puebla, and Metepec, state of México, will form the discussion.

The third and final conference on June 9 will look at Masks in Context and Art, analyzing collector Ruth D. Lechuga’s documentation of traditional masks, including writings, photographs and exemplars. The conference will study the traditional dances where the masks are typically worn.

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[EarnestPutz]

1. Judi Lynn - You have truly made my day with these images. I had no idea.....

....that such things existed. I have seen and loved some Mexican folk art, especially some simple churches in Chihuahua that were wonderful works of hand painted color. But this way beyond anything I’ve ever seen. Thank you for this.

[Judi Lynn]

3. I was stunned looking for images of these trees of life! So much patience, heart, skill involved

in addition to such a beautiful sense of balance, color, as their actual love for life poured into their work.

A brutal person could never create anything like these trees, I'm certain!

Years ago I bought a beautiful metal tree to hang on a wall, made by an artist in Guatemala, painted metal, with amazing little ceramic brightly colored birds to hang on the branches once it was in place. I loved it in National Geographic's holiday catalog, couldn't wait to see it, have loved it every day since!

The imprint was made long ago for indigenous folk art. Impossibly beautiful, I think, because of the people who create them.

I envy your trip to see folk art in Chihuahua! That would have been an outstanding experience. Amazing place,
and wonderful landscape. Incredible culture.

Thank you!

[Kali]

2. cool

just signed up for the dye talk

[Judi Lynn]

4. Kali, I hope it's super good. I have heard about their purple dye which dates back

at least as far as the Aztecs! Who could have imagined they derived it from sea snails?

It would have taken a special person to even imagine looking underwater for something to use in coloring paint, or clothing.

Thanks for taking the time. Hoping they'll have some interesting information for you. 👋

[Kali]

8. I am bummed

never got a confirmation or charge on my card and now sold out. I did send an email earlier today but no reply.

oh well, I suck at zoom, anyway.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Decided to see if YouTube had any Mexican dances with people wearing hand-made masks.

Found a dance featuring "little old men" and their walking sticks dancing with women folk, representing the Mixtec culture at a gathering.

The dance which preceded it also involves little old men, "Los Viejitos":

Images of masks dancers wear in Mexico:

Immigrants from Oaxaca to California, wearing "devil" masks for dance:

(Interesting note that indigenous cultures in South America also have "devil" dances, too, which mysteriously were created when the Spanish invaded their countries, too)

[EarnestPutz]

9. Thank you again. Amazing. Mexico and Mexican art are like Mexican cuisine, music, architecture....

....and literature. Much more complex than we think and vastly under-appreciated.

[SheltieLover]

6. Gorgeous!

Ty for sharing!

[Judi Lynn]

7. Hi, SheltieLover. Thank you, so much for checking it out. They seem to love their culture. ❤️️