You, too, can host a Feria artist

Enjoy meeting artists in your home

When Carol Bowman talks about her experience hosting Feria artists, she says "these artists drifted in as strangers but left as family members.” She has hosted for three years now and is looking forward to meeting new artists this year.

In their note describing their wonderful experience hosting an artist family from a small town in Michoacán, Margaret and Bill told a story about serving them waffles. It was the artisans first waffles and they loved them so much that Margaret and Bill gifted them with the waffle iron when they left. You can only imagine how proud they were of that waffle iron when they returned home.

Hosting is a unique opportunity to meet the artists

These are only a few of the stories that happen every year as local people host artists from all over Mexico. The hosting process is part of the Feria’s commitment to helping the artisans take home every centavo they earn from the Feria. However, it is also one of the most amazing experiences as the hosts make lasting friends with the artisans and  each of them has a valuable cross-cultural experience.

If you live at Lake Chapala, and would like to open your home to host an artist for these three days of November 8, 9, 10, we would be so grateful to have you join our ranks. This cross-cultural experience can be life-changing for both hosts and artists. For more information, please contact Brenda Byron at  (376) 765-2408 or 331 534 6985 cellphone or email brenda-colin@hotmail.com.