Guillermo Bravo/Green Room Flowers
Join Guillermo Bravo, florist, and owner of The Green Room, for demonstration of flower arranging. Try your hand at it, too, and take your arrangement home.
Cultural Communities: Mexico
Aida Robles Mertz
Aida Robles-Mertz learned the art of papel picado, creating delicate designs in papel de china (tissue paper) from her mother, Maria Jesus Robles, who learned it as child in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, where she helped her grandmother make farolitos (lanterns) and banderolas (little flags) for religious ceremonies and family fiestas. Maria brought the tradition to … Read more