Events
Here are the future events that we will have during the year! Times are set on Central Time.
Cercano Exhibition
August 18th-October 29th, 2022
Location: ArtStart (68 S. Stevens St., Rhinelander, WI)
Gallery Hours: Thursday 11am-4pm; Friday 11am – 3pm; Saturday 11am-2pm
“Cercano” (in Spanish) means closer to, or way to say together. When a person is closer to you, like a family member or a close friend, we call that person a cercano or cercana. That word can refer to a closer distance, but also to be closer even though we are not in the same space. The Mexican Folk Art Collective is a project that started when COVID hit the world. It is a small group of artists from different towns in Mexico and Mexican artists living in the USA.
SCULPTURE
Alfonso Morales
Tania Morales
Raziel Pacheco
Barbara Heredia
Gerardo Figueroa
Flor Molina
Peguero García Family
Yesica Coria
Leonardo Linares
Felipe Linares
Gabriela Marván
Ryan Rothweiler
TEXTILES
Nadia Figueroa
Pedro Netzahualcoyotl
Rosalina Gutiérrez
Andrea Muñiz
PRINTMAKING
Gabriela Santos
FOLK DANCE
Alejandra Jiménez
PHOTOGRAPHY
Rodrigo ‘Mino’ Rivera
Peter Cozad
Hanna Agar
Natalie Hinahara
Consulate of Mexico in Milwaukee.
Our pieces are on the Exhibition. If you want to purchase one piece from us, please send us an email: folkartco@gmail.com
Día de los Muertos celebration
October 8th, 2022
Location: Keewaydin Farms (15270 Haucke Ln, Viola, Wisconsin, 54664.
Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican cultural festival to honor loved ones who have passed away.
This free outdoor celebration offers modalities to honor loved ones and hands-on workshops to engage attendees in Mexican folk art.
Artists from the Mexican Folk Art Collective will share their experience through workshops and demonstrations with the community: Alejandra Jimenez (Folk Dance), Julieta Zavala (fashion designer), Julián and Adam Correa (muralists) , Jaqui Almaguer (visual artist), Andrea Muñiz (embroidery), Gabriela Marván and Ceci Tejeda (cartoneras, paper maché artist).
This year, the altar will be offered to the Mexican environmentalists. Join us and be part of this celebration bringing flowers, fruits, food that your loved ones liked when they where alive, or a photo of them.