Gerardo Monterrubio on "Puño de Tierra"
Ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio on his piece "Puño de Tierra." NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
David Alfaro Siqueiros' mural "América Tropical"
John M. Valadez and Barbara Carrasco on David Alfaro Siqueiros' mural "América Tropical." Located at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument in downtown Los Angeles, "América Tropical" is the only mural by Siqueiros in the United states still in its original location. Bonus video from NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017 (check local listings)
Gerardo Monterrubio on "Juquila"
Ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio on his piece "Juquila." NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
Día de los Muertos altars at Grand Park
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altars at Grand Park in Los Angeles by Celina Jacques, Consuelo Flores, Joan Zamora, and Javier Guillen. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Gerardo Monterrubio on his work inspired by his grandparents
Ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio on his work inspired by his grandparents, "El Corrido de Don Gustavo Martinez" and "La Ranchera de Doña Marcelina de Martinez." NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
Jaime Guerrero on his Mesoamerican series
Glass artist Jaime Guerrero on his Mesoamerican series. NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
Judy Baca on "La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: California 1996"
Artist and muralist Judy Baca on "La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: California 1996," her mural located on the University of Southern California campus about the history of Latinos in Los Angeles. NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
Veralee Bassler & her students celebrate Oaxacan culture
Veralee Bassler and her former students celebrate the Oaxacan culture in Los Angeles. Berenice Castellanos and José Alberto Jarquín talk about Veralee as their high school teacher. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Craig Johnson & Armando Espinosa Prieto on altars
Craig Johnson & Armando Espinosa Prieto, friends of the Vasquez family, on the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) altar at the Vasquez home. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Rosanna Esparza Ahrens & Denise Esparza on Day of the Dead
Rosanna Esparza Ahrens and Denise Esparza (Ofelia Esparza's daughters) on Diá de los Muertos altars displayed in Tonalli Studio in East Los Angeles, CA. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
BORDERS and NEIGHBORS preview (2 min)
BORDERS and NEIGHBORS explore the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft.
Isaac Vásquez and Jeronimo Vásquez on their family's weaving
J. Isaac Vásquez García and Jeronimo Vásquez on their family's weaving traditions. Bonus video from BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017 (check local listings)
Vasquez family on washing wool and natural dyes
The Vasquez family on washing the wool and the natural dyes they use. Bonus video from BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017 (check local listings)
Riguel Montaño on Dia de Muertos
Teotitlan del Valle local Riguel Montaño on Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Oaxaca and remembering those who have passed. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Alberto Miguel Angel Mendez Aguilar on printing
Alberto Miguel Angel Mendez Aguilar, printmaker at Taller Arte Papel, shows us how he prints Francisco Toledo's designs. Taller Arte Papel is located in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Heidy Clara Enriquez Lara creates the Serpent bracelet
Heidy Clara Enriquez Lara, artisan at Taller Arte Papel, shows us how to create the "Serpent bracelet." Taller Arte Papel is located in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017
Carlomagno Pedro Martínez sculpts and assembles a figure
Ceramic artist Carlomagno Pedro Martínez sculpts and assembles a skeleton figure holding a chicken out of barro negro (black clay). NEIGHBORS episode PBS premiere: Friday, September 29, 2017
Enrique Ramirez Castellanos on the plants used to make paper
Enrique Ramirez Castellanos, paper maker at Taller Arte Papel, on the plants used to make paper at Taller Arte Papel, located in San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. BORDERS episode PBS premiere September 29, 2017 (check local listings)
NEIGHBORS preview (1 min)
NEIGHBORS explores connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. Featuring ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio; ceramic artists Carlomagno Pedro Martínez and Magdalena Pedro Martínez; glass artist Jaime Guerrero; silver designers William Spratling, Miguel Angel Ortiz Miranda, Carmen Tapia, Cristina Romo, and Eduardo Herrera; muralist Judy Baca and SPARC.
NEIGHBORS episode preview
NEIGHBORS explores connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. Featuring ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio; ceramic artists Carlomagno Pedro Martínez and Magdalena Pedro Martínez; glass artist Jaime Guerrero; silver designers William Spratling, Miguel Angel Ortiz Miranda, Carmen Tapia, Cristina Romo, and Eduardo Herrera; muralist Judy Baca and SPARC.
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