In Mexico, “alebrijes” is a nonsense word that refers to wildly colored little sculptures of surreal creatures with chimerical features. In Columbus, Alebrijes refers to a recently launched superior ...

RENO, Nev. — Downtown Reno is bursting with color and creativity this summer as Artown transforms the city into a vibrant gallery of cultural celebration. At the heart of this year’s event is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Streets of Mexico City were alive with color and celebration Saturday as giant alebrijes, fantastical figures created decades ago, ...

Alebrijes — the bright towering art sculptures — have brought a welcome splash of color to downtown San Jose. A touring exhibit of eight 20-foot-tall multicolored statues of “magical animals” has been ...

If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out “Alebrijes en San Jose” — a touring exhibition of eight towering “magical” animal statues — there’s a great opportunity this weekend. The “Ritmos y Colores” ...

Inspiration can happen at any moment. For Disney-Pixar director Lee Unkrich, it happened during a visit with his family to Epcot at Walt Disney World in 2011. "We were in the Mexico Pavilion and I was ...

Want to know more about the Alebrijes of Mexico? While some see alebrijes as Mexican spirit animals, similar to a Native American totem, others say these famous wood carvings are little more than ...

For the second year in a row, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston will present a family-friendly fall festival featuring alebrijes, the large-scale, colorful papier-mâché sculptures inspired by Mexican ...