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Remember, Alebrijes have fantastical bright colors, so get creative! Paint both sides white, then pick your main color. Then, take it apart, and paint the cardboard pieces white so your colors will stand out nice and bright. I tested the alebrije out before I painted it to make sure it worked and it could stand. This is the hardest part, so you may need to ask for help!Ĭut all of your shapes out with scissors, I ended up cutting the notches into triangles, because they worked better than rectangles Each of those pieces will need a rectangle to help it connect to the body on the small notches. Making contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences through the collection, preservation and exhibition of the best of contemporary art. Draw the head, body, a tail if it has a tail, and the legs. For the chihuahua, I’ve drawn out the shapes below like a 3d puzzle.

My friends and family have had wonderful chihuahuas in their lives, and this felt like a fun way to remember them.įirst, decide what animal you want to make. I decided to create a Chihuahua, the beloved breed that originates from Mexico. The late surreal artist Alice Rahon recently had an exhibition at MOCA, and so many of her paintings have hidden stories that were told from generation to generation, I encourage you to read about them. There is so much rich history from that part of the world, which is right in the area that I spent a lot of my childhood in. He dreamt of a strange forest filled with odd and fantastic creatures like a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, and a lion with an eagle head, and all of them were shouting the word “Alebrijes.” After he got better, he started to create the creatures from those dreams, and his work caught the attention of a gallery in Cuernavaca, as well as artists like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The origins of the figures actually come from a time in Linares’ life when he was very ill from a fever. The term and art style was created in the 1930’s by the artist Pedro Linares. These are a few of mine, a hummingbird and a cat that my abuela and mom gifted to me.Īlebrijes are brightly colored sculptures in Mexican Folk art (also known as Artesania Mexicana) of fantastical creatures.

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You may have seen examples of alebrijes from the Disney movie “Coco,” colorful mystical creatures in the land of the dead. building through your lens and share your photos with the hashtag HiroshimaMOCA. We’ll be learning all about alebrijes, and then making our own with cardboard, scissors and paint. MOLAA Art While the Long Beach museum is dark, they're highlighting works by female artists in its permanent collection for Women's History Month on Instagram. Hiroshima MOCA opened in 1989 as the first public museum focusing on.

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We hope you enjoy this series of MOCA Fun Fridays, at-home arts projects that will pull inspiration from contemporary artists, techniques, and accessible art making.įor this project, I’m pulling inspiration from my Mexican heritage to share with you.

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