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Take a virtual tour of Mexico’s cultural heritage with author and curator Chloë Sayer, who specialises in the art and culture of Latin America.
Before the Spanish Conquest of 1519, numerous civilisations rose and fell, with their great cities peopled by muralists, sculptors in stone, ceramic artists, feather and gold workers, jewellers, weavers and painters.
Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1945) and Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957) helped to shape the cultural identity of twentieth-century Mexico by fusing pre-Conquest and European traditions.
Today, countless folk-artists create splendid weavings, beautiful embroideries, shimmering beadwork, jewellery of silver and gold, fine pottery and dance-masks for religious festivals. Chloë will illustrate her talk with colourful examples of this rich cultural heritage.
The Arts Society Tring Park is one of some 350 local branches of the Arts Society, and members can join at an annual cost of £53 for 10 monthly lectures, held at the Civic Centre Berkhamsted (plus outings at extra cost).
Guests are welcome by prior arrangement with the membership secretary, at a charge of £8. https://artssociety-tringpark.co.uk/index.php/contact/