This exhibition presents 600 works of art made by the most important Mexican folk artists of today. The objects on display come from various localities in the Mexican states. They reflect the full range of the most important crafts that make up the folk art of that country.

The collection is composed of works by the great masters who take part in the Folk Art Support Program, an initiative sponsored by Fomento Cultural Banamex to promote and sustain Mexican folk art.

The Folk Art Support Program was created in 1996 to revitalize artistic traditions that are in danger of disappearing. The decline in the use of raw materials and age-old traditional techniques, together with the waning interest in folk art production shown by the younger Mexican generations, had begun to undermine craft traditions, with the consequent threat to the future of this art. Concern for its survival led Banamex to develop the Folk Art Support Program.