An exhibit of work by a third-generation (at least!) potter in Valladolid who is working hard to preserve Maya techniques and traditions of pottery making in Uayma, outside of Valladolid, Yucatan.
The upcoming Arte e Mano show features some new artists and new works by favorite artists... a great way to buy unique holiday gifts AND support local artists. This year, there's also a great raffle too...
Artists create art, but it is the collectors who support them that allow them to flourish in their craft. Here we profile a local and prolific collector of Mexican art, Paul Ziegler, and focus on his vast collection of Mexican pottery...
The sixth AANY show featuring Yucatan-based artisans is coming up on April 2 and 3. Look at how the community works together to make this increasingly popular event happen...
This is the story of Jeff Ware, who came to Merida to fulfill a life-long dream and renew his passion for making knives.
Katherine de Barrueta's art is lifted from fossil records and butterfly wings, bringing two dimensional records into a three dimensional world. And it begs the question... what is left behind?
The AANY program of finding Yucatan artists who create original designs and quality products has continued to grow. On March 20 and 21, their fourth show will be held in a new location. Read about it and definitely, don't miss it!
Something about the Yucatan and Merida awakens the poet in many of us. Imagine what it does for someone like Doug Tanoury, an actual, real-life poet...
There really is some amazing handmade art being created in the Yucatan, but it has taken a group of dedicated artlovers to search it out and work with the artists to bring it to Merida. Come to the AANY Arte A Mano show to see what they have found...
Juan Carlos Lomónaco, the new director of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra gives Yucatan Living an interview about his work and the program for their fall season "Sounds of the World".
The Barber of Seville was performed in Merida, with José Adán Pérez in the leading role of Figaro. This young man from Mazatlán has come a long way in a very short time...
There seems to be a lot more going on in the Merida Art World these days... here's a quick update on random events, people and circumstances that we find interesting...
The snowbirds are flying in for the winter, the heat is abating (a little more than necessary this week...) and the Merida Art Scene is heating up for the winter. Here's a quick rundown of what's new...
Merida's beautiful weather, colonial architecture and laid-back culture has recently attracted an accomplished realist, whose portraits and other paintings sell so quickly, we may never see any of them. Not to worry... Harold McAnaney's history, perspective and influence are a welcome addition to Merida's growing art community...
Have you been looking for some creative folk art in the Yucatan? We thought so... so have we. Save your pesos for the next upcoming AANY show...
Benjamin Ramirez is the epitome of a gentleman. But like many of the colonial homes in Merida, behind the stately facade lives an artistry of unexpected color and light...
Carla Zarebska's art is the art of searching, interviewing, asking, collecting, finding, organizing and ultimately, the art of remembering. Her books are graphic and literary, with something for both casual and serious readers...
David Sierra has been a steady contributor to the art scene in Merida since he returned from New York and Chiapas in 1985. We sat down with him in his studio to find out more about him and to take a look around his world...
After many years of recognition in Mexico City and the United States, local artist Samuel Barrera begins to show his unique surreal paintings in the museums and galleries of Merida...
A colonial Merida art gallery near Parque Santa Ana displays art from two Mexican artists. Melva comes from Morelia, Abel from Oaxaca. They both studied in Mexico City and are creating a new life (and great art!) in Merida...
José Góngora may paint Se Vende signs for his day job, but when he gets off work, he trains his eye and paintbrush on reproductions of famous Mexican calendar art...
Alberto Castillo's paintings grace the walls of many homes and hotels in Merida. The Working Gringos visit the artist in his natural habitat, which is a jungle of art and history...
Salvado lives and paints here in Merida where he shares his home with his actress/dancer wife and their daughter. As he puts it, he 'steals' space from them to have his art studio...
Our first reaction to this was, wow! Its art! This would not be out of place in a SoHo gallery...
No, it's not misspelled. The Spanish word around here for sweater is sueter, believe it or not...
Starting with this latest tour of Mexico, Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos is calling himself "Delegate Zero" in reference to the upcoming elections in Mexico for President of the country...
We're dreaming of a whiiiiiiite Chriss-mas! Can't really sing that song here. It never snows in the Yucatan. So instead, Mexicans opt for a bright Christmas...
These words used to conjure up visions of Hare Krishna, orange robes and George Harrison for us...
If you are going to Chichen Itza, consider walking out the back entrance towards Mayaland (or driving around and parking there) to check out these beautiful stained glass windows...
Yesterday we played host to a few friends from the States, one of whom is thinking of writing about Merida...
One of the first things we noticed about properties for sale here in Merida was the floors. No kidding. Because many of the floors, even in the most humble of stores or homes, are covered with beautiful mosaico tiles...
Remember the old days when people used rope? Remember that it was called "sisal rope"? Well, it's called that because back in the heyday of the Yucatan, the rope that was made from henequen was shipped out of a port on the Gulf of Mexico called Sisal...
Mexicans have a much higher standard of personal grooming than Working Gringos will probably ever achieve...
For those of you who know anything about the hispanic culture, you know that a girl's 15th birthday is a sort of coming-out, a celebration of her graduation from child to woman...
There is a whole side of life in Merida (and many other Mexican cities) that most visitors to Merida never see...