Woo-hoo!!! The craft group I founded a couple of years ago here in AZ - The Phoenix Fridas - won "Best Latina Art Collective" in today New times Best of Phoenix 2007"
"BEST LATINA ART COLLECTIVE (2007)
Phoenix Fridas
www.myspace.com/phoenixfridas
Frida Kahlo remains an important Latina cultural and feminist icon for many artists (even after that awful movie they made about her a few years ago), so it makes sense that she's the namesake for this local women's artist collective. The Phoenix Fridas, as you might guess, focus their work around Mexican folk-art traditions, though they go about it in very different ways. The group works with diverse mediums — some women paint, others are jewelers or clothing designers, another works mostly on crafts like scrapbooks and knick-knacks — but they all love Frida and they identify themselves as feminists... whatever that word means these days.
These chicks love Frida to the point that they've even given each other nicknames: Smoker Frida, Tia Frida, Dead Frida, Crafty Frida, Beader Frida, Paper Frida, Frida Bill and, well, you get the point. Like a Latin-flavored sewing circle, the women share ideas, support each other and promote their art. They show occasionally at Paper Heart and their works can also be purchased through their MySpace page. In spite of the slightly misleading title, you don't have to be a Latina to join. You just have to love art and, of course, all things Frida."
Leave us a comment here!Also, i want to give props to Frida member, Leticia, for picking up
this award, as well as the
newly formed Phoenix Craft Mafia! Way to go crafty people!!