A few weeks ago, Raspberry Island was looking a bit worse for wear, said Aaron Johnson-Ortiz, executive director of the Minnesota Latino Museum. And then the alebrijes showed up.

While some see alebrijes as Mexican spirit animals, similar to a Native American totem, others say these famous Oaxacan wood carvings are little more than decorative Mexican folk art. This article ...

The Alebrijes of Mexico have a history as colorful as the art itself. They are mystical creatures that have been transformed over decades into Mexican folk art sculptures.

Twenty fantastic, colorful beasts known as alebrijes will be brightening Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library starting Saturday, just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month and Day of the Dead ...

While alebrijes are traditionally entirely handcrafted, INDUSTRY'S Animos were digitally rendered and 3D printed to represent the wonders of modern technology.

Alebrijes are a unique Mexican form of art that have made their way into the U.S., paying homage to dreams and a world of imagination that combines various mystical creatures.

The 49th alebrije, a spectacular 15-foot-high octopus sculpture, is the final creation and crowning achievement by the six artists featured in "Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World" at Cantigny ...

The alebrijes art form has an even more distinctly Mexican story that dates to a visual artist named Petro Linares López in the 1930s. The story goes that Linares had a terrible illness that ...