Guelaguetza Oaxaca 4 Metal Print

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Guelaguetza is an ancient folk festival unique to the State of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, where I lived for 14 years. Occurring every July, it was originally a corn festival presided over by the Zapotec goddess Xilonen. It is now a region-wide celebration, where dancers from many distinctive ethnic groups and pueblos show off their traditional costumes and folk dancing. The celebration I photographed was held in the tiny village of San Tomás. Other than myself, there was not a tourist in sight, another demonstration that Oaxacans put on the best fiestas for themselves.

I am a multi-media artist and craftswoman. My training includes coursework in sculpture at the Corcoran School in Washington, DC and at the Rufino Tamayo Taller in Oaxaca, Mexico, where I lived for 14 years until 2021. I've worked extensively in many genres including paper and digital collage, acrylic and oil painting, needle felting, paper mache, colored pencil, watercolor and line drawing. My experience in the active artistic community of Oaxaca was richly rewarding. You can follow me here: https://www.twitter.com/LorenaCassady https://facebook.com/lorena.cassady.3/ https://www.instagram.com/lorena.cassady/