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🎭 🇪🇺 Unveiling the arts and works behind the mask 🇪🇺 🎭

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MASKS European Project
📍 Museo do Pobo Galego (Santiago de Compostela) 📅 29 January – 26 April 2026 🗓️​ From Thursday, 29 January 2026, the exhibition will finally be open to visitors at the Museo do Pobo Galego. 🎭 An exhibition that brings masks from the territories involved in the MASKS project into dialogue with traditions from other parts of the world—reminding us that the mask is a universal language. ➡️ We look forward to welcoming you to the exhibition!
The Alas y Viento Collection - Nacho Rovira II
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A native of Velilla de la Reina, she is the daughter of a carpenter and a dressmaker, from whom she learned skills that have enabled her to carry out significant work in the field of traditional culture. She has been a member of the Cultural Association Toros y Guirrios of Velilla de la Reina since its beginnings in 1979, and is one of its most active collaborators and a steadfast guardian of the community’s ancestral traditions and knowledge. She has always been committed to preserving and passing on her knowledge, especially to young people, teaching sewing workshops through the Association for the making of traditional costumes and masks for Antruejo. She also organizes workshops to produce scapulars, banners, wall hangings, and other items. She has likewise collaborated in setting up the ethnographic exhibitions promoted by the Association, which are held throughout the year during Cultural Week, Antruejo, and Christmas. Finally, her contribution to the preservation of folklore and traditional music should also be highlighted, as she plays the rabel, an archaic musical instrument widely used in the old pastoral world.
Artisans - Ana María Fernández López
Esmeralda Folgado Casado (1983). She is from Abejera, a village known for the masquerade “Los Cencerrones”, and currently resides in San Vitero. She works as a manager at the Mycological Museum of Rabanales and as a guide at the House of the Carochos in Riofrío de Aliste. With a background in teaching, specialized in music education (2004) and special education (2010) from the University of Oviedo, she has developed professionally as a wool artisan and storyteller. She is passionate about learning and teaching others in a creative and proactive way. Her adaptability allows her to manage various projects and performances, in which she combines original storytelling with the structure of traditional tales and craftsmanship: Cuentos de la lana (Wool Tales) and Mascarada (Masquerade).
Artisans - Esmeralda Folgado Casado (LA DIOSA)
Esmeralda Folgado Casado (1983). She is from Abejera, a village known for the masquerade “Los Cencerrones”, and currently resides in San Vitero. She works as a manager at the Mycological Museum of Rabanales and as a guide at the House of the Carochos in Riofrío de Aliste. With a background in teaching, specialized in music education (2004) and special education (2010) from the University of Oviedo, she has developed professionally as a wool artisan and storyteller. She is passionate about learning and teaching others in a creative and proactive way. Her adaptability allows her to manage various projects and performances, in which she combines original storytelling with the structure of traditional tales and craftsmanship: Cuentos de la lana (Wool Tales) and Mascarada (Masquerade).
Artisans - Esmeralda Folgado Casado (CARQUEIXO)
Jesús Hernández Sánchez (1964). Born in Pedro Bernardo, in the province of Ávila, he is a cabinetmaker, restorer of furniture and artworks, and sculptor. He has worked professionally in cabinetmaking and restoration since 1995, and for the past fifteen years has also been teaching these disciplines alongside wood carving. He holds a degree in Applied Sculpture Arts—wood, metal, and stone—and in Furniture Conservation and Restoration. As a sculptor, he has exhibited his work both individually and in group shows, and is the author of the Monumento a los Machurreros in Pedro Bernardo. He has also collaborated with sculptor David Lechuga. As a restorer, he has worked on major projects such as the main altarpiece of the Church of Pedro Bernardo, pieces in the Convent of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid, and choir stalls in various convents in the province of Toledo. Passionate about local heritage, he is eager to apply his knowledge to crafting masks for the village Carnival.
Artisans - Jesús Hernández Sánchez
Ángel Vicente Pérez (1975). He is a ceramist based in Moraleja del Vino, in the province of Zamora, after previously running workshops in Portugal and Extremadura. Although trained as a documentalist, he is self-taught in ceramics—a background that has helped him research and revive ancient techniques, such as those used by the Vacceans or the Sephardic communities. His specialty is artistic ceramics, particularly tile painting, as well as relief murals and plates, though he also creates utilitarian pieces. Living in a region rich in masked traditions, he became drawn to masks and began reproducing them in ceramics, allowing their presence to be appreciated year-round. While he is skilled at throwing pieces on the potter’s wheel, he considers painting to be the core of his artistic expression.
Artisans - Angel Vicente Perez
Masks: L'URS
Masks: Il Folletto
Masks: La Maschera Cornuta
Masks: La Campana
Masks: Il Carnevalone
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