Alebrijes Workshop

Join artists Edgar Israel Camargo Reyes and Alberto Moreno Fernández for a hands-on workshop. Join them as they work to create larger-than-life alebrijes with paint and papier mache. This event is presented in partnership with the Minnesota Latino Museum. This event is FREE and recommended for ages 8 and up. Drop-in when you can and stay for however long you like on Saturday, April 26. The workshop runs from noon – 4 p.m. and will be presented in English and Spanish.

An alebrije is an imaginary creature that possesses elements from different animals. They originated in the 1930s from the vivid dreams of Mexico City artist Pedro Linares. You may have seen them in the 2017 Disney/Pixar film “Coco,” which increased their exposure in the United States.

Venue and Accessibility

This workshop will be held in the Anderson Center’s North Studios. The studios are at-grade and movable ramps make them fully wheelchair accessible. Please note: while there are bathrooms on other parts of the property, there are not bathrooms available in the North Studios. ASL interpreters or translators for a language other than English or Spanish are available upon request. To make a request or ask for more information about the accessibility of Anderson Center facilities or programs, please contact us! info@andersoncenter.org or 651-388-2009.

Related events

The exhibition Alebrijes: Building the Dream World will be on view in Gallery Three from May 10 – August 16. 2025.

Don’t miss the exhibition reception at the Anderson Center on Friday, May 30!

See many more sculptures by these artists in St. Paul this summer. Stay tuned for more news from the Minnesota Latino Museum!

Our Sponsors

Free admission to the Anderson Center galleries is made possible in part through support from the Xcel Energy Foundation.

This exhibition is also made possible by the Wings Foundation. 

Partners

The Minnesota Latino Museum provides a platform for Latino communities to celebrate our amazing cultural heritage, with three interconnected areas of focus: arts and culture, social and cultural history, and nature, agricultural, and culinary traditions. Learn more at www.mnlatinomuseum.org.

The Mexican Cultural Center DuPage works to encourage and promote our heritage through cultural, ethnic and civic activities designed to educate and inspire our Mexican community and the community at large. The Mexican Cultural Center DuPage has been instrumental in bringing Edgar Israel Camargo Reyes and Alberto Moreno Fernández to the Anderson Center. Anderson Center thanks them for their work and support. www.mccdupage.org

Anderson Center at Tower View is celebrating 30 years of service to the national arts and humanities community and the citizens of Minnesota. Founded in 1995, the organization has grown into one of the North’s top artistic destination points. Anderson Center is based at Tower View, a grand national registered historic landmark and a rare, rural oasis for creative work in the scenic Mississippi River town of Red Wing, Minnesota. The organization celebrates the imagination and supports the development of new arts and ideas through residencies, studios, and public engagement.