Oaxaca Matria Therapeutic Art Garden: Cultural Center for Music and More
Matria Jardin Arterapeutico is the manifestation of artist Maurico Cervantes’ imagination. With the help of many, many others plus foundation funding, a decayed, roofless 17th century colonial building in Oaxaca’s historic center has become a cultural mecca. It is at once a moveable art installation, organic garden, educational teaching center, music and arts venue, and […]
El Sueño de Elpis: Oaxaca Art Interprets Hope
While Elpis was locked inside Pandora´s box, a miracle furrowed through her dreams: the possibility of a 360-degree turn for humanity, a change that would make the world a better place. She dreamed of the virtues that abounded back in the days when the world honored the sacred feminine ways: actual times in which life […]
Portrait Photography in Oaxaca, Day One
Oaxaca, Mexico is a perfect portrait photography learning laboratory for a workshop. Her people are expressive, colorful and make great subjects for photographers. Yesterday morning, we gathered in the courtyard of El Diablo y La Sandia for a learning session with Matt Nager, our talented instructor from Denver, Colorado. Then, we went out on the […]
Artist’s Studio: Mauricio Cervantes, Oaxaca, Mexico
There is a robust contemporary art scene in Oaxaca that is rooted in the Mexican art traditions of Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros with influences by Francisco Toledo, Oaxaca’s living art treasure. Mauricio Cervantes is one of the new generation who taps deeply into his cultural history. Hidden behind a peacock-blue facade on Avenida Benito […]
Artist Mauricio Cervantes Exhibits at Manuel Garcia Contemporary Art Gallery in Oaxaca
Mauricio Cervantes is an expressive and accomplished contemporary artist who lives and works in Oaxaca. His new exhibition of recent works, Cibeles Sombra, is showing until May 7 at the Manuel Garcia Contemporary Art Gallery located at Portal Benito Juarez #110. If you are visiting or live in Oaxaca, please put this on your calendar. […]