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Video part 3 of 3 @powwowdc with #womenpower @spectrummurals! And #newmayalanguage #script #mural/#narrative community. In this 3rd part: @marlakl @sbybee_art and @sun.chocolate + #UDCart artists collab: @laraalleydraws @jeancedricd. #yaxkal #Soundscape por amazing: @yahualimusic. Gracias Pow Wow #DC volunteers! @breezy.breeze et al #indigenousart #indigenize #decolonize #powwow #powwowworldwide #typography #installationart (at NoMa Business Improvement District)
Three Women Healers
It is our Day of the Dead tradition to honor Latin American historical figures. In previous years we have honored La Llorona, La China Poblana, La Catrina, among others, and this year we have chosen three women that represent the history and leadership of their cultures. This year we are honoring Salomé Ureña (Dominican Republic), La Mulata de Córdoba (Mexico), and Palla Chimpu Ocllo or Isabel Suárez Chimpu Ocllo (Peru).
Scholar and writer Xanath Caraza, and Frida Larios and Manuel ‘Ché’ León from Indigenous Design Collective have joined us to commemorate these emblematic figures. We asked Indigenous Design Collective to share their thoughts about their creative process during this project inspired by Caraza’s poems.
“The three women, healers, and leaders hold their hands and rise in their indigenous light. On the left: the light of the Cempasúchil flower guiding our ancestors to the underworld gateway. In the middle the Inti: the strength of the Inka sun in our blood. On the right: four linked hearts, a symbol of agreement in Ghanian peoples mourning garments. Together, the three women unite in diversity to form a woven fabric: an unbreakable continuous pattern. We use textile and cultural visual language to illustrate the cultural essence and history of these notable women. LatinX and indigenous women in the US today are root to these same values, we must harvest our crop.” –Indigenous Design Collective, Frida Larios & Manuel (Che) León.
Sun Princess/Princesa del Sol inspired by Palla Chimpu Ocllo or Isabel Suárez Chimpu Ocllo (Peru).
“Sun Princess, in your womb you conceived a new race. Within your forebear, love for your culture On his forehead, you tattooed gold. From Inti, strength in your bloodline”
Mother of the Lands/Madre de las Tierras inspired by Salomé Ureña (Dominican Republic)
“From your heart, letters grow, nature poet from the mountains of Quisqueya”
Dressed in Marigolds/Vestida de Cempasúchiles inspired by La Mulata de Córdoba (Mexico)
“Dressed in marigolds, your scent lingers along pathways shrouded in pearly fog.”
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Here you can read about the process and intention behind our #IndigenousDesignCollective #womenhealers cultural iconography and sculptures, 2017 Día de Muertos collaboration with @smithsonian Latino Center, Latino Virtual Museum and poet, Xanath Caraza.
#Guatemala, enero de 2013.- #tb a exposición en #centrocultural #luiscardozayaragon, Embajada de México @embamex_guatemala. De izquierda a derecha: #Sembrando, témpera sobre papel Guarro, y #huipil de #ManosCosechando, vinilo cortado aplicado sobre #lino. #lenguajevisual #nuevolenguajemaya #13baktun #desemillaancestral (at Embajada de México en Guatemala)
#tbt #desemillaancestral con #roxanarivero en #limadesignweek, noviembre 2017. Gracias por videíto @dopplervisual. #animalesinteriores @trotec_centroamerica (at Centro Cultural Ccori Wasi)
Clair de Lune. #haciendasanlucas #horaazul #light #sunset #blue (at Hacienda "San Lucas")
Final de un día de trabajo con familia @haciendasanluca, luego de colgar/enlazar: Familia en la Casa de Adobe (izquierda) y Sapito (derecha). (at Hacienda "San Lucas")
#sowingprint at @haciendasanluca by @stevowallis circa 2009! #sowing #intention #art ✨ (at Hacienda "San Lucas")
#Repost @americanuniversity ・・・ Enter the Katzen Museum to see the new exhibits... if you dare! #AUMuseumUnderworld (at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center)
#Repost @alperinitiative #artisttakeover ・・・ Below the root of the Cacao Tree, Bat, Firefly, Turkey, Monkey, Dog, Jaguar, Frog, Snake and Fish, are made to see. The Indigenous/Maya mythologies I intend to regenerate in my work are dense, natural, as relevant today in a modern world as they ever were. My most recently published set of #pictoglyphs define a more animist and humanizing facet of Maya culture - #AnimalesInteriores. Bat, Firefly, Turkey, Monkey, Dog, Jaguar, Frog, Snake and Fish are very much of this earth not the Heavens. These are quirky familiars grounded in the creation myths with the Cacao Tree at their centre - THE IMMORTAL KAKAW* TREE. Some of the Animales sculptures, will be a part of The Looking Glass: Immigrant Artists of Washington, opening at the #Alper at @aumuseum_katzen on June 18. One of the Animales will be opening its fangs - a dark underworld gateway, installed in the AU Museum's glass doors very, very soon, all thanks to the Alper Intiative to propagate living DC arts. Watch this #artisttakeover! *Kakaw is chocolate in English, Cacao in Spanish. (at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center)
The Fish and the Firefly, resident underworld Animales at @HaciendaSanLuca, had a special visitor today! #earthday2016 "Eche la patita..." :D Foto: @elobrizuela #AnimalesInteriores (at Hacienda San Lucas, Copan, Honduras)
Watch the beautiful creative process of “Maíz Flor Serpiente/Maize Flower Serpent” a Smithsonian Latino Center commissioned digital piece from #IndigenousDesignCollective: composed of Frida Larios and Manuel León. Visit the UTEP-LVM placita in #Secondlife to see the beautiful mural.http://bit.ly/1WeTmAi
“Every morning, you don your white huipil, iridescent embroidering on cotton, printed symbol of the plumed serpent, evolution. Black tresses floating in the air, tangling with the threads of the voice of Ehécatl, God of Wind… LET THE MAIZE DANCES BEGIN.” Xanath Caraza, #Weaver of Words. ========================= “Blanco huipil vistes cada mañana, iridiscentes bordados en el algodón y estampado el símbolo de la serpiente emplumada, la evolución. Negra cabellera flota en el aire, se enreda con los hilos de la voz de Ehécatl, Dios del Viento… Que comiencen las danzas del maíz…” Xanath Caraza, Tejedora de Palabras.
Macuilxochitzin cultural character inspired poem in collaboration with Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum#lvmdayofdead #lvmcelebracion and Mouthfeel Press.
In dedication to our ancestors.
(Original video by #IndigenousDesignCollective)
Maíz Flor Serpiente/Maize Flower Serpent
Join us October 31, 2015 for the unveiling of Maíz Flor Serpiente/Maize Flower Serpent. Frida Larios and Manuel León from Indigenous Design Collective will show the final mural and talk about the creative process interpreting Macuilxochitzin.
Maíz Flor Serpiente/Maize Flower, a Smithsonian Latino Center commissioned digital piece from the Indigenous Design Collective. Work based on the 2015 Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Day of the Dead Festival cultural identity character, Macuilxochitzin.
About Indigenous Design Collective and Maíz Flor Serpiente/Maize Flower Serpent
We are designers interpreting our cultural heritage through typo-graphy and art. Our collective aims to make Maya hieroglyphs and Indigenous art (not only Maya,) more accessible to the public, both children and adults, by applying them to different visual media.
We have chosen to illustrate the texture of a huipil to represent Macuilxochitzin; we find inspiring the fact that the art of backstrap weaving is still taught to the girls in Mesoamerica just as it was done with the princess back in the days.
“Every morning, you don your white huipil, iridescent embroidering on cotton, printed symbol of the plumed serpent, evolution. Black tresses floating in the air, tangling with the threads of the voice of Ehécatl, God of Wind.” Xanath Caraza, Weaver of Words.
In our iconographic process we first created a pattern based on the symbology of her name, Macuilxochitzin, which means: 5 Flower. The feathered serpent enters the composition as a vision embroidered on Macuilxochitzin’s huipil. When you look at the design in detail you will find that the feathers around the serpent are gracious maize leaves (“milpa”) and that the serpent’s scales also incorporate her flowers’ petals.
For more information on the Latino Virtual Museum Day of the Dead Real/Virtual Festival, visit latino.si.edu/LVM. Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM
Exploring Cultural Identity
“We have chosen to illustrate the texture of a huipil to represent Macuilxochitzin; we find inspiring the fact that the art of backstrap weaving is still taught to the girls in Mesoamerica just as it was done with the princess back in the days…”
Frida Larios & Manuel León
Follow the creative process of Frida Larios and Manuel León, as they visually interpret our LVM Day of the Dead cultural figure, Macuilxochitzin. They would reveal their final piece during the Dead Poets Virtual Reading & Open Mic Hosted by Mouthfeel Press. Join us this Saturday, Oct.31, 9:30 pm EST at the UTEP Second Life island-LVM Placita-Sin Fronteras Café.
For more information on the Latino Virtual Museum Day of the Dead Real/Virtual Festival, visit latino.si.edu/LVM. Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM
"We are exploring the practice of weaving represented in Macuilxochitzin's belt. Based on the fact she was an artist and a woman, we have chosen to illustrate the texture of a huipil."
Yo apoyo la #excavaciónciudadana de @_elfaro_ y llevo mi pala rumbo a Seúl, Corea para desde allà seguir excavando y preservando los valores de investigación que promueve #ElFaro y el #NuevoLenguajeMaya. (at San Francisco International Airport (SFO))
INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH MAYAN GLYPHS
INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH MAYAN GLYPHS
POSTED ON OCTOBER 7, 2015 BY THE BLOC
Milagros Reyes, a 13-year-old from Buck Lodge Middle School in Hyattsville, was fascinated when she learned about a “mini version” of Pompeii in El Salvador.
She had been creating a story using Mayan glyphs, which she learned from Frida Larios, an award-winning typographic artist from El Salvador
Larios works as an artist and ambassador for the Interna…
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Talk: Ancient glyphs inspiring new Maya design at the Smithsonian Latino Center
Talk: Ancient glyphs inspiring new Maya design at the Smithsonian Latino Center
Published by Hola Cultura, Washington, DC, June, 2015
At the Smithsonian Latino Center recently, two designers decked out in colorful Central American outfits discussed how the ancient art of their Mayan ancestors influences their work; a design methodology that goes beyond artistic endeavor.
Frida Larios, an ambassador for the International Design Network, is the creator of the New Maya…
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Typo-art interpretation workshop: HOME/LAND w/@aprodrig77 @ Art+Learning Center @UofMaryland, next TUES, OCT. 6 #newmayalanguage #familyathome #typography #hispanicheritagemonth #joyadeceren (at Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland)
