¡Tocamos!

Cynthia Weill's fascination with the crafts of Oaxaca began while she was working in Mexico as a Fulbright exchange teacher. She has published several books in the Mexican Folk Art series, which features different folk art of Oaxaca. Many of the figures showcased in this series are now part of the permanent Mesoamerican Anthropology collections at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Cindy lives in New York City and can be found online at cynthiaweill.net.

Avelino Pérez is a wood carving artisan who loves his state's local concerts and enjoyed using his musical birds to represent these musicians and their instruments. It took him months to hand carve every single figure to help teach children about musicians and instruments in Spanish and English. Avelino lives in Oaxaca, Mexico.