![]() The first artisans settled in Puebla in the 16th century, starting a tradition now famous thanks to the quality of the local clays and the talent of the artisans. ![]() The art of majolica pottery came to Mexico from Spain. Let’s start with ceramics and Talavera poblana. Talavera from Puebla Talavera Poblana – Source: Lisa ramirez / We did a second printing with a different cover, but here’s the original version.Īnd here are a few original images from that coloring book for you to download and color ( oh, boy!!) – you’ll be enhancing a little bit of San Antonio history with every mark you make!Ĭlick on the download link below the small images to open and print the page-sized versions. There are lots of folk art coloring books these days, but back then it was a novelty. It’s called, appropriately enough, “Coloring the Folk Art of Mexico” and it was published by my dear friend David Bowen, whom so many of us still remember. Long story short, earlier this week while I was doing my hunkered-down-at-home book organizing routine, I came across a copy of the coloring book we did. ![]() I was working as a free-lance Illustrator for the San Antonio Express News at the time, and this was a fantastic chance to go behind the scenes at the museum to get a first-hand look at this comprehensive collection. The Museum itself was only a few years old then. A long, long time ago (1987) I worked with Dr, Marion Oettinger at the San Antonio Museum of Art to produce a coloring book of some of the engaging pieces of art in the brand new Latin American Folk Art collection given to SAMA by Vice President Nelson A. ![]()
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