Oaxaca, Mexico – Historic District
In terms of art galleries, art centers, and art education Oaxaca is sort of the Santa Fe of MesoAmerica, mostly due to the generosity and activism of artists who achieved some fame (Toledo) and founded film and painting libraries and schools to train young artists. Paper making,weaving, pottery, woodcarving, textiles, painting — all have a […]
Mitla and Teotitlan DelleValle, Mexico
Pablo, our guide, bemoaned the cultivation of agave on the fields that used to be devoted to raising corn which is indigenous to the region. Mezcal has become so popular that on the drive to Mitla all we saw was field after field of agave and production plants next to one another. Apparently Mezcal has […]