Our Mission
We promote Mexican culture through popular art and traditions to create awareness, empathy, and community between Mexico and the US.
Our Vision
Mexican Folk Art Collective is a bridge and facilitator of cultural educational spaces through folk art and Mexican traditions.
We are a group of artists from different towns in Mexico and Mexican artists living in the USA. Through pottery (barro), cartonería (a traditional technique stronger and smoother than papier-mâché) sculptures and masks, textiles, corn husk creations, fashion design, dance, and music we are happy to share our culture and traditions with you. Some of us work in a family studio, some of us have a traditional heritage passed down from generation to generation, and some of us are experimenting with a combination of traditional and contemporary techniques, but we all respect and appreciate the work of each other.
We want to share with you what is behind our traditional art forms by talking about our cities, our towns, our studios, and our inspiration.
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News:
4th Annual Driftless Region’s Día de Muertos
After a few days following the 4th edition of the Driftless Día de Muertos Celebration, we received the exciting news that the event was selected as the winner of the Historic Preservation and Cultural Development Award at the Second Annual Vernon County Awards Banquet. Today, we had the honor of receiving the award alongside our lovely friends and co-hosts of the celebration, Joy and Rufus from @driftlesscuriosity. It has been an incredible adventure since we first started this event to celebrate our traditions and culture with the community, but most importantly, to honor the lives of our loved ones. Thank you to all the artists from the collective who have, in one way or another, been part of this event, to the beautiful community, and to Vernon County for this shared award!
See you on the first Saturday of October, 2025 for our next Día de Meurtos Event!
This event is FREE and open to the public! To learn more, visit https://driftlesscuriosity.org/day-of-the-dead/