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traditional banking. Annual regional competitions to honor artisans who have excelled in their craft, as well at those who stand out in areas such as innovation and the preservation and rescue of traditional techniques. Competitions are held at the local, state and national levels. Winning pieces are then considered to be high-value items.
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poor, rural and indigenous areas. There are an estimated 8 million artisans working in Mexico, and FONART directly helped 26,600 of them in 2006. Those who live in impoverished or indigenous areas have priority. In 2007, the agency had a 71 million peso budget, 42 million pesos of which were generated by sales of crafts.
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Mexican crafts. Another proposal is to register regional and craft trademarks to ensure that genuine Mexican crafts are marked as such at the national and international level. Currently, thirty three crafts have this type of trademark at
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Michoacan. In contrast to most other craft outlets, crafts at the FONART stores are more upscale and more varied. The FONART store reached sales of over 2.5 million pesos per year. However, one problem that FONART stores have had is that most are not placed in tourist venues. However, recently,
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FONART sponsors crafts competitions in various parts of the country to promote the sale and quality of crafts produced. This function is under the
Departmento de Concursos headed by Raymundo MartĂnez. The purses for first prize offered at these events vary from 10,000 to 100,000 pesos. In the state
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Secretariat of Social Development (SEDESOL). The overall purpose is to protect and promote traditional Mexican handcrafts, opening national and international markets for craftsmen as many of these workers live on
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nearly shut down the agency, stating that it was not living up to goals, particularly in the selling of crafts purchased from artisans. More recently, FONART has been criticized for failing to conform sufficiently to federal transparency in information laws, including the lack of publication of
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Museo Universitario de Artes Populares MarĂa Teresa Pomar
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545:Gloria Carpio (May 19, 2010).
470:Sol Vazquez (April 16, 2010).
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327:"FONART sĂ vende y bien"
163:Annual FONART exhibition
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811:Santo Tomás Jalieza
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203:Santo Tomás Jalieza
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722:Textiles of Oaxaca
717:Textiles of Mexico
712:Tenango embroidery
682:Basketry of Mexico
651:Mata Ortiz pottery
624:Pottery of Metepec
265:"FONART home page"
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