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San Antonio, TX

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South Texas city that has been the American home of trabajo rústico — the Mexican faux bois concrete-sculpture tradition — since sculptor Dionicio Rodríguez arrived in 1924, leaving works that still dot Brackenridge Park. MSL came to town for a field-trip visit with Carlos Cortés, the tradition's third-generation master.


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Healthy Living

Season 9 · 2001

FIELD TRIP: Faux Bois Artist (Carlos Cortez, San Antonio, TX)