While in Mexico City in February 2020, I visited El Colegio de San Ildefonso to see the show 2501 Migrants, an ambitious and incredibly heartfelt work that placed figures in a silent sprawl over many rooms—they were just silently waiting, lined up with no place to go. It was very moving.

Also in Mexico City, I attended the contemporary Latin American art fair, known as Arte Contemporaneo ZONAMACO held at the spacious Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City. This venue had a wonderful interdisciplinary mix of Design, Craft and Fine Art, all under one roof, and was a refreshing mingling of the arts. 

Another noteworthy event was seeing the first Mexico City international textile art fair known as Texto 2020. This was an exciting around-the-world tour of some of the best master artisans, social activists and designers of the handmade in textiles.

And I studied with Graciela Montaño (gracielamontanomx on Instagram), a knowledgeable chef who runs a beautiful kitchen and market study tour. I learned to make tamales along with a variety of sauces…including a white chocolate mole. Delicious.