Greetings!

FOFA THANKS THE MANY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS WHO:

Board member and hostess of FOFA's Holiday Folk Art Sale, Amy Mulvihill with friends on November 30, 2012

• ATTENDED AND VOLUNTEERED AT OUR 2012 EVENTS ("Folk Art and Artists: Emerging Trends" an educational program by Marta Turok and Carlomagno Pedro Martinez/Fifth Anniversary Celebration/Holiday Folk Art Sale)
• BECAME FOFA MEMBERS
• OTHERWISE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR 2012 PROGRAMS

Click here to see more photos from our 2012 programs and events

And OUR MANY REMARKABLE SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

Our generous and delicious sponsor of "Folk Artists and Art: Emerging Trends",  Mezcal Pierde Almas

• The Western Union Foundation         
• Los Amigos del Arte Popular
• Carlos Manuel Sada Solana, Consul General of Mexico in New York
• Maria Elena Cabezut Villarreal, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York
• Claudia Norman, Celebrate Mexico Now Festival
• Shawn Termin, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Gustav Heye Center
• Clara Torres Marquez, Mexico Tourism Board of New York
• Ernest and Barbara Kafka
• Steve Thompson, DeSilva Imports
• Toloache Restaurant
• Mezcal Pierde Almas
• Mezcales de Oaxaca
• Bowery Kitchen Supplies

BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU, FOFA'S 2013 PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE:

• The Third Contest for Young Folk Artists, in collaboration with Museo Estatal de Arte Popular Oaxaca (MEAPO, or Oaxaca State Museum of Folk Art) 
• A full-color catalogue featuring all winners and recipients of honorable mention
• An art exhibition at MEAPO showcasing the works of these artists
• Enrichment programs for participating artists to enhance technique and economic opportunities

FOFA's THIRD CONTEST for YOUNG FOLK ARTISTS

We are honored to announce our stellar international panel of jurors for the third competition for young Oaxacan Folk Artists in August, 2013.

Please meet them:

Adrián Gómez (Oaxaca)

Internationally recognized weaver; studied in Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico City, and Bellas Artes La Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (design, engraving); continues to study graphic design and photography

Amy Mulvihill (New York)

Member of FOFA's Board of Directors, champion of Oaxaca's artesanos since the early 1950s, having formed very strong connections with pueblo artisans during six summers in Oaxaca in a program for teenage girls.

Cecilio Sánchez (Yahuiche, Oaxaca)

Painter; exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, Museo Carrillo Gil; trained in Bellas Artes de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, El Taller de Artes Plásticas Rufino Tamayo, diploma in Artes Visuales from Universidad de Guadalajara 

Chloe Sayer (London)

Independent scholar, author of many books, lecturer, and curator of many exhibitions, specializing in Mexican art and popular culture; Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute; Member FOFA's Advisory Board

Carlos Tortolero (Chicago)

Founder and President of National Museum of Mexican Art, the only Latino museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums

Marta Turok (Mexico City)

Mexican applied anthropologist; author specializing in Mexican folk art and socio-economic development; Head, Research Center, School of Crafts, National Institute of Fine Arts; Member FOFA's Advisory Board

Alberto Velasco (Oaxaca City)

Sculptor; graduate La Esmeralda Painting, Sculpture and Engraving National School; former sculpture teacher, Taller de Artes Plásticas Rufino Tamayo;Creator urban sustainability project Fragmentos de Vida y Forma

Diane Wolfe (Toronto)

Former Director of Education and Programs, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art; curator, 2009 exhibition "Harvest of Memories: Mexican Days of the Dead; Co-organizer Day of Dead event, Art Gallery of Ontario

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto (San Antonio)

Scholar/author Latin American and US/Latino cultural issues; former Associate Director, Creativity & Culture, Rockefeller Foundation; awarded Mexican Government's Order of Aztec Eagle 2007; Member, FOFA Advisory Board