Copalito is a show of vintage folk art from Oaxaca. Manuel Jiménez Ramírez (1919 - 2005) originated alebrijes, wood-carved animals painted with bright contrasting colors. Since they have been carved by many famiies.
Señor Ramírez story is worth a read, in the folklore of the region he was considered a nahual, a shaman who could shapeshift to animal and shares a soul with an animal guardian. https://en.artemarakame.com/Blogs/about-Oaxacan-alebrijes-2/biography-of-manuel-jimenez.
This show is simpler animal carvings in the alebrijes tradition. There is also a book on the art form, Animals of Oaxaca, by Shinji Iwamoto for sale in the shop.
"By the early 60s [Ramírez] had outgrown the gallery that first promoted his work, and they in turn were actively looking for wood carvers who could fulfill the demand for the style of work Jimenez had created. the four Santiago brothers, farmers by trade, also turned out to be brilliant and prolific. the illusive Zarate family began making work at this time, and the gifted carver Isidoro Cruz was hired by the government to teach the art form in the region and promote it in the rest of Mexico. By the 1970s, Jimenez's animalitos had taken on a life of their own, as the number of carvers continued to grow and the sons and daughters of the first wave of artists took up the craft."
At Lowell https://www.lowellshopgallery.com/ 2136 E Burnside 2PM-4 Free
Grand Style Orchestra will accompany a series of collaborative videos made by the Grand Style Remote Recording project during the pandemic. https://www.boathousemicrocinema.com/mar-1-2026/
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM movie 8 Free