What was the role of women in the Mexican muralist movement that sprung up in the early 1920s, in which the government commissioned artists to make art that would educate the population about the country’s history, and present a powerful vision of its future?

Perhaps most Americans would not consider North Carolina “the heart of America,” as my headline says.

Spanish and English do not seem to see eye to eye on the concept of “time.” Newcomers to Mexico often complain that they cannot understand the Mexican notion of tiempo.

If Mexico’s Independence Day is September 16, why does the nation celebrate el grito (the cry of independence) on September 15? Why not both on the same day?

Ken Edwards lived a full and fascinating life, more of which you can learn about in his memoir, “Eighty Eight Years Old and Never Grew Up.”

Ken Edwards, the internationally famed U.S.-born ceramicist who installed the first high-temperature kiln in Mexico and produced ceramics renowned for incorporating traditional Tonala designs, died July 31, in Guatemala, at the age of 96.