• Exhibitions
    • Spotlight Gallery
    • Current Exhibition >
      • A FORTUNE INSIDE MY PIGGY BANK
      • The Joy of Nativity Scenes
      • Bandera Ware >
        • A painting by José Salazar
    • Past Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions >
      • Native Mexican Garment
      • Our Day of the Dead Altar
      • Women of Mexican Independence (1810)
      • Divine Pitchers/ Jarras Divinas
      • Cinco de Mayo display
      • Legends of Mexican Cinema photos
      • Navidad Mexicana
      • Day of the Dead Altar 2021
      • Independence Day Display 2021
      • Splendors of "The Tree of Life"
      • Mexican Independence Day
      • Navidad 2020
      • Old Postcards from México
      • La Catrina from its origins
      • OTOMÍ DREAM
      • NATIVITY SCENES 2019
      • Three Wise Man Celebration
      • DAY OF THE DEAD 2019
      • Whimsical Tales of Ocumicho
      • Mexican Independence Day display 2019
      • Lacquers from Uruapan
      • Mariachi outfit and its history
      • The Popular Mexican Velvet Hat
      • Cinco de Mayo -2019
      • Green-Glazed Ceramics
      • Double Exhibition
      • Chistmas Nativities-2018
      • Day of the Dead / El Día de Los Muertos 2018
      • Patriotic Play: Figures of the Mexican Revolution
      • Mexican Independence Day 2018
      • Fiesta Display: Traditional Mexican Embroidery
      • A Photographic Stroll
      • Traditional Toys
      • Cinco de Mayo 2018
      • Splendors of Oaxacan Art
      • Nacimiento Navideño 2017
      • Día De Los Muertos 2017
      • Birds of Clay: Burnished Pottery from Jalisco
      • ¡Alebrijes! Alebrijes!
      • Mystical Masks / Máscaras Místicas
      • Nacimiento Navideño/ Nativity Sets & Scenes 2016
      • El Día De Los Muertos 2016
      • Muñecas Tradicionales / Traditional Dolls
      • Barro Petatillo y Petate de Palma
      • Dîa de los Muertos 2015
      • Bandera Ware/ Flag Ware
      • Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin
      • ¡LOTERÍA! Mexico's Game of Chance and Poetry
      • Tree of Life / El Arbol de la Vida
      • Mexico Dreams Animals
      • Transportation ¡DALE!
      • ¡Buen Provecho! Dining in Mexico
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About the Casa:

Our main three-room gallery showcases a revolving exhibition that is installed every three to four months, while the permanent collection is housed in two galleries upstairs -- along with the Spotlight gallery that features one spectacular piece from the Casa Dolores collection.

The two galleries upstairs feature distinctive blue pottery from Tlaquepaque, Nagual animal spirit figures from Tonalá, and Oaxacan black pottery whistles and toys. From tiny miniatures to paper maché dolls, leatherworks, fiesta dancing clothing and charming straw figures that depict the "Old Man Dance," these rooms offer a cross section of time and space in Mexican artistry and culture.

The tiles along the staircase that leads to the upper galleries are also a part of the collection. Founder and Director Linda Cathcart collected them during her trips to Mexico -- restaurants would oftentimes give guests tiles as a coaster for their drinks, or she would buy single tiles from vendors across Mexico.

The adobe's kitchen also is ever-changing, and has featured pottery from Patamban and San José de Gracia, the Dia de los Muertos collection, and a replica of a fruit mural inspired by one seen in Frida Kahlo's kitchen.

Casa Dolores' charming and peaceful garden also is on view and features garden pottery by renowned artist Roger Brown (1941 – 1997). A resident of La Conchita, Calif., Brown was a painter who was popularly known for using mixed-mediums, such as incorporating pottery into his work, and was also recognized for his commentary on modern society. Brown was a close friend and fellow collector of Casa Dolores’ founder and director Linda Cathcart. The Roger Brown Study Collection at the The Art Institute of Chicago has given Casa Dolores a long-term loan of Brown’s garden pottery from his La Conchita home, which has been incorporated into Casa Dolores’ own garden.

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  • Exhibitions
    • Spotlight Gallery
    • Current Exhibition >
      • A FORTUNE INSIDE MY PIGGY BANK
      • The Joy of Nativity Scenes
      • Bandera Ware >
        • A painting by José Salazar
    • Past Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions >
      • Native Mexican Garment
      • Our Day of the Dead Altar
      • Women of Mexican Independence (1810)
      • Divine Pitchers/ Jarras Divinas
      • Cinco de Mayo display
      • Legends of Mexican Cinema photos
      • Navidad Mexicana
      • Day of the Dead Altar 2021
      • Independence Day Display 2021
      • Splendors of "The Tree of Life"
      • Mexican Independence Day
      • Navidad 2020
      • Old Postcards from México
      • La Catrina from its origins
      • OTOMÍ DREAM
      • NATIVITY SCENES 2019
      • Three Wise Man Celebration
      • DAY OF THE DEAD 2019
      • Whimsical Tales of Ocumicho
      • Mexican Independence Day display 2019
      • Lacquers from Uruapan
      • Mariachi outfit and its history
      • The Popular Mexican Velvet Hat
      • Cinco de Mayo -2019
      • Green-Glazed Ceramics
      • Double Exhibition
      • Chistmas Nativities-2018
      • Day of the Dead / El Día de Los Muertos 2018
      • Patriotic Play: Figures of the Mexican Revolution
      • Mexican Independence Day 2018
      • Fiesta Display: Traditional Mexican Embroidery
      • A Photographic Stroll
      • Traditional Toys
      • Cinco de Mayo 2018
      • Splendors of Oaxacan Art
      • Nacimiento Navideño 2017
      • Día De Los Muertos 2017
      • Birds of Clay: Burnished Pottery from Jalisco
      • ¡Alebrijes! Alebrijes!
      • Mystical Masks / Máscaras Místicas
      • Nacimiento Navideño/ Nativity Sets & Scenes 2016
      • El Día De Los Muertos 2016
      • Muñecas Tradicionales / Traditional Dolls
      • Barro Petatillo y Petate de Palma
      • Dîa de los Muertos 2015
      • Bandera Ware/ Flag Ware
      • Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin
      • ¡LOTERÍA! Mexico's Game of Chance and Poetry
      • Tree of Life / El Arbol de la Vida
      • Mexico Dreams Animals
      • Transportation ¡DALE!
      • ¡Buen Provecho! Dining in Mexico
  • About
  • Events
    • Past Events
  • Get Involved
    • Donations
  • Links
  • Collections
    • Tin Art
    • Bandera Ware
  • Contact and Hours
  • Upcoming exhibition