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Father Cícero Craft Artists Association
For those who appreciate popular art, the Father Cícero Craft Artists Association in Juazeiro do Norte (CE), is paradise on earth. |
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Zulmira Celestino da Silva
Zulmira Celestino da Silva seems to have emerged from one of the wooden sculptures she makes.
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Celestino
Celestino was born José Celestino da Silva (1955), in Juazeiro do Norte. Growing up among pilgrimages, churches and prayers. |
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Manuel Graciano
At 10 years old, Manuel Graciano Cardoso was still living in Santana do Cariri (CE), where he was born in 1926. |
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Ciça
Cícera Fonseca da Silva, known as Ciça and the oldest of 11 siblings, was born in 1935 on a smallholding in Juazeiro do Norte. |
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Maria de Lourdes Cândido
Ciça’s sister, Maria de Lourdes Cândido was born in 1939 in Juazeiro do Norte. She used to live on a smallholding close to the city and had 4 children. |
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Maria do Socorro Cândido
The work by Maria do Socorro Cândido shows an evolution in the themes developed by her family. |
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Maria Cândido Monteiro
Maria Cândido Monteiro was born in 1961 and since she was a child she has watched her mother, and learned how to work with clay. |
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Racar
Raimundo signs his work Racar because his full name is Raimundo Caetano Rodrigues. |
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Beto
Adalberto Soares da Silva, known as Beto, was born in 1971 in the Cariri countryside. Brother of Cícero Araújo, a talented saint maker who died early in an accident. |
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Guiomar of the Old Ladies
One of the good things that happened to Guiomar Freitas Dantas was to live near Nino, one of the most important popular sculptors in Brazil. |
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Verino
Severino Silva de Souza signs his work as Verino. Maybe because there are so many Severinos in Ceará that it’s better to identify oneself with a single name. |
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Paulo Sérgio de Souza
Paulo Sérgio de Souza has been working at the Father Cícero Craft Artists Association for 10 years. At 22 his work is starting to be recognized. |
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Hércules Modesto de Souza
One of the youngest craft artists at the Father Cicero Craft Artists Association, Hércules Modesto de Souza explains what the institution means to him. |
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Peu
At 7 years of age, Petrus Cabral Filho, known as Peu, used to sand woodcarvings and sculptures for other artists. |
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Flávio Alves Gomes
Flávio Alves Gomes has worked at a bakery and done other odd jobs. Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, in 1959, he grew up watching his cousins working with wood. |
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Eloni
For those who know the art of Juazeiro do Norte, there is one name who is unanimously admired: Nino. |
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