Mar 15, 2016
We're so tickled to see our tweets featured in a #MuseumWeek blog about small museums! He calls us "cultural Swiss-army knives" - he couldn't be more right :-)
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We're so tickled to see our tweets featured in a #MuseumWeek blog about small museums! He calls us "cultural Swiss-army knives" - he couldn't be more right :-)
The “Maestro and the Dance!” exhibit at Xipe Projects: www.xipeprojects.org
12/6/14
The gang is all here! Saturday was a very thrilling event! (12/6/14)
Many thanks to all of you who came out! What a community! More photos coming soon! From left to right, our Museum director Peter Markman; our curator Dr. Alison Heney; our incredible guest speaker Dr. Rhonda Taube, and Dr. Karl Taube; our installation guru Adam Kirkpatrick of Hangman Designer Services; and our dedicated docents David Vasili Michel, Chris Roberts, and Dr. Jesse Hoffman.
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Who IS that guy anyway??
It’s Maximón! - A modern version of the pre-Conquest Maya god Mam.
But Maximón is also known as the Christian saint San Simón who is, of course, Simon Peter, the first of Christ’s disciple. And on Holy Thursday the figure of Maximón “becomes” Judas and is ceremonially hanged as part of the festivities.
When addressed in Spanish, Maximón is a link to the spiritual world of the Virgin Mary and the saints. When addressed in a Mayan language, Maximón is a link to the spiritual world of both the ancient and modern Maya.
Whichever of those worlds is being addressed in prayer however, Maximón will act as a conduit to bring good fortune to the supplicant or bad fortune to his or her enemies.
An offering, however, must accompany the prayer.
It may be money placed in his outstretched hand, liquor that is often poured into his mouth, cigars that he may smoke, candles, flowers, or other things for his altar.
Come see Maximón, and much more at Xipe Projects when we reopen on December 6th! For more information, visit us at www.xipeprojects.org
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The Maestro and the Dance, Exhibit at Xipe Projects Museum
Coming December 2014 - The Maestro and the Dance is a new exhibition that takes an in-depth look at
the creative vision of Maestro Florencio Valey of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and the world of Guatemalan dance culture.
This special exhibit will explore sources of Valey’s inspiration and creative process as well as examine his connection to the cultural practices of the Guatemalan dance tradition at large. Highlights of the exhibit will include a vibrant display of complete costumes and dance masks from Valey’s own presentation of the “Moors and Christians,” a troupe of dancing devil costumes, family photographs, personal letters, and a selection of dance texts from Xipe Projects’ never-before-exhibited cache of Guatemalan Loas.
Who participates in the danzas tradicionales (or traditional dances) of Guatemala? What is the meaning behind the dance?
And how does Valey, as just one particular artist working within the tradition, incorporate elements of both history, and innovation?
Explore these questions and more when Xipe Projects reopens this December with
The Maestro and the Dance.