C i r q u e
p h o t o s ( 2 ) : C o u r t e s y o f D u b h e C a r r e n o G a l l e r y /
G o b l e t
p h o t o : K i t P a u l s o n / M u s e u m p h o t o : N a t i o n a l M u s e u m o f M e x i c a n A r t
W I D E W O R L D O F C R A F T
A b o v e , left: A n n e D re w
P o tter’s
L e Cirque de
L y/Innée Rouge
, a 2010
installation at the D ubhe
C arreno G allery.
R ight:
Jerilyn Virden
Black Coalesce,
2010
ceram ic
10.5 x 20 x 14 in.
T h e N ational M u seum o f
M exican A r t celebrates w o rk
b y craftspeople from M e x ico
and the M exican-A m erican
com m unity.
p e r m a n e n t c o l l e c t i o n c u r a t o r .
H o l d i n g s i n c l u d e a n e x t e n s i v e
c o l l e c t i o n o f
huipiles
( e m b r o i -
d e r e d , s t r u c t u r e d b l o u s e s )
w o v e n o n b a c k s t r a p l o o m s ,
a n d a g r o w i n g c o l l e c t i o n o f
i n d i g e n o u s m e n s w e a r .
T h o u g h N
M
M
A l a y s c l a i m
t o b e i n g t h e l a r g e s t L a t i n o c u l -
t u r a l i n s t i t u t i o n i n t h e c o u n t r y ,
i t t a k e s s e r i o u s l y i t s c o m m i t -
m e n t t o l o c a l c r a f t s p e o p l e , b o t h
i n C h i c a g o a n d s o u t h o f t h e b o r -
d e r . “ W
e s u p p o r t a n e i g h b o r -
h o o d q u i l t i n g g r o u p , ” M e y e r s
s a y s , w h o n o t e s t h a t s o m e o f
t h e q u i l t e r s h a v e s h o w n t h e i r
w o r k i n t h e m u s e u m . “ A n d
e v e r y O c t o b e r w e d o F o l k A r t
W
e e k . W
e b r i n g i n a r t i s t s f r o m
M e x i c o a n d s e t t h e m u p h e r e .
T h e y d o d e m o n s t r a t i o n s . ” P e o p l e
l o v e i t , s h e s a y s . “ T h e y l i k e t o
m e e t t h e a r t i s t s . ”
+
a n n n a t h a n g a l l e r y . c o m
c h i c a g o h o t g l a s s . c o m
d u b h e c a r r e n o g a l l e r y . c o m
l i l l s t r e e t . c o m
m a r x s a u n d e r s . c o m
n a t i o n a l m u s e u m o f m e x i c a n a r t . o r g
Margaret Hawkins is a Chicago
art writer and author of two novels
and a memoir:
A Y e a r o f C a t s
a n d D o g s , H o w t o S u r v i v e a
N a t u r a l D i s a s t e r
and
H o w W
e
G o t B a r b B a c k ,
which was recently
re-released as
A f t e r S c h i z o p h r e n i a .
Kit Paulson
Black Tendrils Goblet,
2011
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6 x 3 in. dia.
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