2019 Merida Artist Studio Tour
A great big thanks to all the talented artists who worked so hard to get their studios ready, to theContinue Reading
A great big thanks to all the talented artists who worked so hard to get their studios ready, to theContinue Reading
A conversation with Joseph Kurhajec “I asked Alexander Calder once, at his Guggenheim retrospective in 1964, how he got toContinue Reading
Charlie Swanson bakes bread—but not just any old bread. Charlie bakes bread like a scientist clones DNA—through research, experimentation, andContinue Reading
As published in Issue 1_2019 of Mid-point Magazine Ivan Gabaldon has lived in Mexico for 10 years and in MeridaContinue Reading
When visitors first come to Merida, they often muse about what lies behind the ancient doorways and grand facades ofContinue Reading
There are two different ways of looking at the world—you can walk on the path or you can walk throughContinue Reading
“Art is reality reshuffled.” Robert Rauschenberg When you move around a canvas of Emilio Suárez Trejo, you can see howContinue Reading
Over 30 years ago, the Merida English Library (MEL) was an artist studio. Painter and printmaker Mark Callaghan, painter Alonso Gutierrez,Continue Reading
Algunas veces lo que pareciera ser un muro es en realidad una entrada. Cuando las dificultades de la edad yContinue Reading
Cuando llegué por primera vez a Mérida, en marzo del 2012, fue solamente para ver el lugar. Estaba vendiendo miContinue Reading
When I first came to Mérida in March 2012, it was simply to check out the place. I was sellingContinue Reading
Un pequeño voladizo no da suficiente refugio durante la repentina lluvia por la tarde, la cual es muy común enContinue Reading
A tiny overhang gives no shelter from the sudden afternoon rain so common in Mérida. I pound on the woodenContinue Reading
Es un largo camino desde Jackson Mississippi hasta Mérida, México, la ciudad “del sur” que Eck Follen ahora llama hogar.Continue Reading
It’s a long way from Jackson Mississippi to Mérida Mexico, the ‘southern’ city Eck Follen now calls home. Her careerContinue Reading