Remembering Josefina Aguilar Alcantara (Oaxaca, Mexico, 1945-2026), La Maestra of Mexican folk pottery. She and her sisters were heirs to the tradition of painted clay figures or muñecas, learned from their mother, Isaura, in Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca.
A personal note (and the personal is usually political)
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Saturday, March 1, 2025 - 12:00am
It has been nearly sixteen years since my father died. He spent his career working in public service for USAID and the US foreign aid agencies that preceded it. His values were inspired by the New Deal.
A moment to remember José Francisco Borges, master of the woodcut. Borges was Brazil’s greatest living folk artist, and Pernambuco's "Living Treasure", when he passed away on July 26th.
Like many Haitian artists Frantz Zephirin has fond it virtually impossible to work in his homeland of Haiti during this experience of extreme gang violence.
