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| In the Permanent Exhibition Halls contemplate to San Bartolo Coyotepec |
Kite Competition Exhibition Room
Until April 10, 2011
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| Photo: Sonya Arredondo |
To raise awareness of the creativity and skill of the craftsmen and artists dedicated to processing, the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP) introduced by the fourth year running this show, in which the public can admire monumental 66 kites.
Unlike other countries like USA, Italy, China, Brazil, Uruguay and India, where festivals and celebrations are held at the center taking care of kites, for purposes of tourism, particularly, in Mexico, the MAP search through the exhibition-contest of kites, to rescue the essence of folk art the manufacture of these toys, in addition to preserving a tradition.
In Mexico, the English arrived they made known to the Indians, who thereafter called the kite-papalotl Nahuatl, "which means butterfly. This will become not only fun but also a symbol of tradition, as for example in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, where, during the Day of the Dead, the kites become a way for the spirits of the dead come down and visit their loved ones, and likewise leave.
Next exhibition:
MAISTRA CAN NOT WHAT IF? Invented it! A DAY IN THE STREET TRADES
Opening Saturday 26 March, 12:00
Folk Art Museum evokes various "offices" of the time 60s. How not to remember: that veeeendaaaan vieeejo fieeeeerro!, The morning cry of paaaaan!, the famous bells of cart pallets or the whistle of sweet potatoes, sounds more and more rare and scarce street voices, cries of the neighborhood, sounds dramatic, musical structures that have been losing ground to the terrifying advance of "progress."
MAISTRA CAN NOT WHAT IF? Invented it! A day in the street trades, recreation spaces that lie in the memory of our grandparents, "in some of us ... perhaps, but sadly tend to disappear, to silence our neighborhoods, to depersonalize our city, lost in the world of anonymity and selfishness.
A sample that shows signs of identity a people, which can be recognized as Luchon and nostalgic for a very special and routine everyday. Remain on display until June 5, 2011.
V ANNIVERSARY OF MAP
Five years after its inauguration -28 February, 2006 - Popular Art Museum has become an indisputable leader of the Mexican museum and without a doubt, a fundamental support for artisans and the world of the national popular culture, and their relation to biodiversity, the source of technical trades and materials, different.
As part of this celebration, the public can learn about the various activities undertaken by the museum in its first five years, with the support of artisans, artists, collectors and patrons, the exhibition presented in the room part of the month, until the end of April.
The results of the work, is the gradual increase in age, which to date totals about 535 000 visitors, domestic and foreign.
In the first five years, MAP has focused its efforts on promoting and disseminating the work of about 6 000 500 artisans and artists, through its permanent exhibition consisting of pieces of great wealth and artistic quality, 24 temporary exhibitions 54 exhibitions in the room part of the month and 9 traveling exhibits, among other activities undertaken.
this celebration joins the MAP shop, AC, for five years in collaboration with the museum has remained faithful to its commitment to folk art and artists, with our traditions and Mexican culture.
An establishment that seeks to promote and market the popular arts in order to support artisans, hosting a wide range of superb fine craftsmanship and exclusivity, from all regions of the country, as well as a variety of techniques and materials, from copies traditional to modern and avant-garde pieces.
ART
Huicho l About
WHEELS
end of April, 2011
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Vochol ® is an unprecedented event in the history of popular art in Mexico and the world, in which two Huichol artisan families in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco, taken as a canvas the size structure of a car, to intervene with a unique design based beads.
Huichol artisans began
intervention Vochol ® in May 2010, at the Hospice Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco, and then continue in the State Center for Popular and Indigenous Cultures of Nayarit.
After 4 000 760 hours of work, over a period of seven months, about 2 million 277 thousand beads, equivalent to 90 kilos of this material, 16 kilos of special resin, fabric, paint, yarn, and inspiration creator of so-called wixaricas, the car is presented in the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP), where he completed the final details of its decoration.
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is an unprecedented work of art in that ferry the feelings of a culture that looks through a poly-chromatic glass, capable of mixing the real and imaginary Honoring dramatically Mexican folk art.
Their colorful designs and become the perfect opportunity to liaise closely with a culture of ritual, skill and sensitivity, resulting in an explosion of colors. From 6 to April 10, 2011 will be on display at the fair contemporary art "Zona Maco" http://zonamaco.com/
Banamex Center.
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ON S E L MAP
• Workshops for all age groups from 18:00 to 20:00 hrs.
Every Thursday. Capacity 20 people.
Cost: $ 50.00 pesos.
• Workshops for crafts from 10:00 to 14:00 hrs.
Monday to Friday. Quota 10 artisans.
Cost: $ 120.00 pesos.
• Workshops for children from 12:00 to 14:00 hrs.
Saturdays and Sundays. Capacity 10 children.
three concurrent workshops are offered daily.
Cost: $ 30.00 pesos.
* Confirm issue and cost of each workshop, in early January 2011. Reports and registration to your application: 55 October 22, 1901 .- ext 130 or via email dlopezi@df.gob.mx
also available programming courses page www.map.df.gob.mx MAP
Museum Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs. and Thursday (from May 4, 2011 changed to Wednesday) 10:00 to 21:00 hrs.
FREE ENTRY SUNDAY
Tuesday-Saturday Cost: $ 40.00 MN
E ntrangratis:
Children under 13 years.
People with different abilities.
People over 60 years, with INAPAM credential.
Students and teachers with valid ID.
People with valid ID Teachers to Culture and Sepal.
Craftsmen.
Shop MAP, AC
Located at the Museum, open Monday.
Revillagigedo No. 11 (entry for Independence) Station of the Metro and Metrobus, Juarez and Hidalgo Historic Center Tel - (+52) 55 55 10 22 01
www.map.df.gob.mx
