Galeria Quetzal

Galeria Quetzal interior with alebrijas

Gallery of Hispanic Folk and Fine Art
and Wearable Art in Cleveland's Little Italy

Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Costa Rica - Cuba - Ecuador - Guatemala
Haiti - Honduras - Mexico - Panama - Peru - Puerto Rico - Spain - Portugal - etc.

Galeria Quetzal
12400 Mayfield Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 421-8223
info@galeriaquetzal.com

We are next to Club Corbo and Class Act, across the street from Guarino's.

It is not hard to find parking in Little Italy!
Park in the indoor lot on Random Road, or at Corbo's next door on weekends.
Valet parking is available to anyone for $5, or click here for directions and more parking information.

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Iguana Alebrije on Mexican mirror

Special Exhibit -
Room Jewelry - A Summer Exhibit
The exhibit runs now until September 21.

Bianca Notte
Friday, July 18: Little Italy's White Night

Christmas in July
Thursday-Friday, July 24-25: Sponsored by Little Italy

20% Off Sale On July 18, 24 & 25

  Click here for details on these events.
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Hours:


Monday - Thursday:

11 am to 8 pm

Friday - Saturday:

11 am to 10 pm  (we are closed Friday, July 4)

Sunday:

1 pm to 6 pm


Our hours are subject to change, and to bad weather, so please call before travelling a long distance to see us.
We are also open by chance or by appointment, call 216-773-8484 or 440-466-4138 if you get the answering machine on our main number.
Please contact us if you would like to be on our mailing list to receive our cool announcement postcards.

Click here for our Fritz Millevoix gallery

Galeria Quetzal at night
Click here for more pictures of the gallery

Click here to visit the Little Italy web site

Upcoming Special Events

Now through Sept. 21, 2008: Room Jewelry - A Summer Exhibit
The theme of the exhibit is elegant Mexican interior decor.
Some of the items featured are newly arrived mirrors, ceramics, steel, copper & tin wall art, light fixtures, and much more!
Click here for more information and a few pictures.

July 18, 2008: Bianca Notte
Friday, July 18 is "Bianca Notte" which means White Night, an old Italian tradition straight from the Old Country. We're lighting up the neighborhood for shopping, music, dining, bocce, and much more. Everyone is staying open late, late, late.
 
July 24-25, 2008 (Thu-Fri): Christmas in July
Featuring Santa and his elves, caroling, decorations, Christmas delicacies, great sales in the shops and galleries, music and more.
Get a hop on Christmas shopping with a great sale from Galeria Quetzal: 20% off everything on July 18, 24 & 25 only.


Recent News

July 3, 2008: We have extended our Room Jewelry exhibit one week to Sep. 21. We are having our first ever store-wide sale: 20% off everything July 18, 24 & 25 only.

May 9, 2008: We have increase our hours again. Also, we will be open on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11.
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Yesterday we received a shipment of black pottery from Mexico. Most all of the items we purchased and commissioned during our earlier trip to Mexico have arrived in the gallery. You don't have to wait for our special exhibit to see them.

May 4, 2008: We have received a new shipment of our popular puzzle lights. These come in white, single colors, and multi-colors. They are available in round or oval shapes. Click the following links for examples:
White Puzzle Light   -   Blue Puzzle Light
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We are now open 7 days a week. We are officially open until 3pm on Mondays, but we usually close later.

March 16, 2008: We have returned from a very successful buying trip to Mexico. We have brought many new items to the gallery, but many have not yet arrived. We will be featuring these in a special Mexican exhibit in June. Details will be announced soon.
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We have increased our hours somewhat for the spring.

January 10, 2008: We have reduced our hours somewhat for the winter. However, Alex lives just around the corner, so call for an appointment if you are in the neighborhood but we are closed: (216) 773-8484
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The owner of the gallery is leaving today for a month long buying trip to Mexico! We will be visiting Oaxaca for alebrijas and ornamental tin, Puebla for Talavera ceramics, Taxco for silver, San Miguel for mirrors, Tonala for lamps and ceramics, and other places. Be sure to check back in the middle of February to see what we got.

December 11, 2007: We have just returned from a trip to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. This wasn't a buying trip, but we did bring back a few things for the gallery: cute piggy banks made out of coconuts, jewelry, and few miscellaneous items. This is the first time we've carried anything from Puerto Rico.

November 26, 2007: We are now open on Sundays for Christmas.

November 21, 2007: We have received a shipment from Guatemala with many new and unique items: Alpca hats with ear flaps ("chullos"), gloves, scarves, wrap around sweater shawls with designs, new beaded jewelry designs, crochetted purses, etc., etc.

November 16, 2007: Our Fritz Millevoix exhibit is officially over, but we still have most of his paintings at the gallery. Click here to visit our Fritz Millevoix exhibit page which has many photos of his paintings.

November 4, 2007: We have received a large shipment of nichos from Mexico. These are hand-painted boxes made of metal with a glass front. They come in various shapes and sizes and are meant to be hung on a wall. Most have a humorous, Day of the Dead and/or religious theme. Click here for more information and pictures.

November 2, 2007: There is an article about us in today's Plain Dealer Friday section. Click here to read it.

October 18, 2007: We have changed our internet provider. So far this hasn't seemed to cause any problems, but our email address galeriaquetzal@adelphia.net will soon disappear. Be sure to use info@galeriaquetzal instead.

October 6, 2007: We are now open on Mondays for the foreseeable future. We have brought out the cold weather clothing: sweaters, scarves, shawls and our wonderul Peruvian capes.

August 25, 2007: We have posted 12 of Fritz Millevoix's paintings. Click on our special exhibit page then after his biography click on the link that says
Click here to view more of Fritz Millevoix's paintings.

August 23, 2007: We are announcing our special exhibit of Haitian fantasy artist Fritz Millevoix. See above. This is a Cleveland premier that you won't want to miss.

August 21, 2007: Sadly, we say goodbye to our artistic director Amanda, who has returned to school. Hopefully she will be able to help us out occasionally. Until we are able to hire someone else, we will be closed on Mondays.

June 17, 2007: We have completely redecorated the gallery. Come in and see our many new items. We have lengthened our hours for the summer.

May 8, 2007: We have just obtained several items from Haiti. Paintings by Fritz Millevoix (see above), Haitian 'flags' (these are beads and sequins sewn on cloth), and steel cutouts (click here for an example).


Click here for older news
The old news page contains some links to artwork and articles not available elsewhere on our pages.

Last updated July 3, 2008
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