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Here you will find more about the artists, news, and everything about the activities that we have done. 

Adelante | Segment | Corazón Migrante

Adelante | Segment | Corazón Migrante

Migrant Heart is an exhibition that has been presented in different Consulates in the United States. With works by 23 Mexican migrant artists who reside in different cities in the United States, the exhibition highlights the talent and culture and promotes projects of...

Reviviendo la Tradición

Reviviendo la Tradición

Segunda Celebración del Día de Muertos en Wisconsin Reportaje por Itzel González para la publicación "Casa de México" del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, México. Octubre 2022 Es bien sabido que una de las tradiciones más emblemáticas en la cultura de...

Milwaukee PBS | Adelante

Milwaukee PBS | Adelante

Adelante #2206, Folk Art Collective Interview | by Patricia Gómez | Adelante | PBS Milwaukee. On June 24, 2021, Paty Gómez from Adelante PBS Milwaukee, interviewed Gabriela Marván (Folk Art Collective) and Laci Sheldon (McIntosh Memorial Library, to talk about the...

La Crosse Tribune | Viroqua Library

By Angie Cina  McIntosh Memorial Library has teamed up with the Folk Art Collective to offer a variety of programming via Zoom that highlights work of folk artists in Mexico. The Mexican artists came together in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to face their...

Morales and Marván Folk Art together

Morales and Marván Folk Art together

The summer was finishing and we couldn't pass the opportunity to paint a mural inspired on Alfonso Morales Mexican cartonería (traditional pepier maché). With a well known phrase of Morales "viva la cartonería" we took two days to have fun on this mural. Ryan,...

Local Mexican folk artist honors murdered or disappeared women

Local Mexican folk artist honors murdered or disappeared women

Report and photos by GILLIAN POMPLUN | see complete news here: SWNews4uThe grand opening of Marvan’s exhibit in Viroqua on Thursday, Oct. 1, drew Mexico’s representative at the Consulate in Milwaukee, Norma Sanchez Arellanes, to attend the event. Though it was a cold,...