2008 Maestros

The following artists featured in the book “Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art” or from the Fomento Cultural Banamex Collection of Artists were at the 2007 show.

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	Hilario Alejos Madrigal - (Michoacán) pineapple pottery
	José Ojeda - (Jalisco) "World famous"hand-crafted knives

Other artists attending are . . .

	Felipe Benítez Miranda - (Guanajuato) unusual Nahuatl alebrijes (carved wood animals) and paintings
	Centro Indígena Huichol - (Jalisco) incredible jewelry made from the tiniest seedbeads available, other bead and string work pressed into beeswax
	Cocucho - (Michoacán) this distinctive and easily recognized pottery comes from a remote Purepecha Indian village in the state of Michoacán.
	Ruth Cortés Rodriguez - (Guanajuato) silvered Alpacca cutlery, boxes, jewelry, purses, etc.
	José Luis Cortéz Hernández - (Jalisco) Extraordinary bruñido pottery
	Degollado Reproducciones Pre-Hispanicas - (Jalisco) clay and bronze Pre-Columbian reproductions
	Sandro Estrada Guerrero - (Jalisco) pre-Hispanic replicas
	Margarita Fick - (Querétaro) Papel Picado (cut paper), beautiful images all accomplished through the art of paper cutting. Almost a lost art!
	Prudencio Guzmán - (Jalisco) incredible original designs ceramic masks
	Martin Ibarra - (Jalisco) intricate ceramic virgins and other ceramic pieces
	Julio Laya Chichicastla, Leobardo Espiritu Rocha - (Puebla) unbelievable handmade amate paper
	Laureano Martinez Guzman & Marina Castro Lopez - (Michoacán) this young couple have taken making the whimsical ceramic Catrinas to a new height
	Exciquio Santiago Cruz - (Jalisco) Náhuatl curandero (healer by natural means), sobador (masseur) and indigenous artist
Oaxacan Artists We are working on bringing another busload of Oaxacan artists again this year to the Feria
2008 Oaxacan Artists have not yet been selected. Watch this page for updates.
Tarahumara Indian Artists We are working on bringing a contingency of Tarahumara Indians from Chihuahua to the Feria this year.
2008 Tarahumara Artists have not yet been selected. Watch this page for updates.

2007 Artists

(Our thanks to Karen Henderson for the use of her photographs)