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The History Behind Mexican Folk Sculptures

Angel Idowu takes a class in painting alebrijes with an Indigenous artist from Mexico.

10/28/2020 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

The History Behind Mexican Folk Sculptures

Clip: 10/28/2020 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions

Angel Idowu takes a class in painting alebrijes with an Indigenous artist from Mexico.

Every year, Indigenous artist Carlos Orozco travels to Chicago from Oaxaca to lead workshops on painting alebrijes. This year they went virtual. Arts Correspondent Angel Idowu took a class to learn more about the history behind the Mexican folk sculptures.

10/28/2020 | Rating NR

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