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Jesusa Rodriguez’s Genetically Modified Secret

By on August 11, 2011 in Action + Activism, Art With Heart, Artists and Their (He)artwork, Rights & Resistance

Performance artists gather at la catedral in San Cristóbal de las Casas to protest Monsanto

“Come hear the secret.” She beckons us. “The secret of Mother Earth.” It is a clear afternoon at la catedral in San Cristóbal de las Casas when, suddenly, dozens of masked figures in robes of red, green, and blue pour into the [...]

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Women, Art, and Resistance in the Americas

By on August 10, 2011 in Action + Activism, Art With Heart, Feminawesome
It was moving to wear her name on my body. Putting a name to each crime. Remembering the importance of who each woman was—that they weren't just statistics.
Norma Cacho

I think it’s fitting that the conclusion to the Centro Hemisférico’s “Diálogos Hemisféricos” series celebrated women using art in the movement. The “Acción política y creativa de las mujeres en Chiapas” (Creative political [...]

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Meeting Maruch: A Modern Mayan Storyteller

By on August 8, 2011 in Art With Heart, Artists and Their (He)artwork

Maruch Sántiz Gómez's exhibition "El Barro Destila al Cristal" at Galería Albertina in San Cristóbal de las Casas

When I met Maruch Sántiz Gómez I had no idea who she was. A friend had spoken of her, saying she was a “great artist” but that was all the context I had for my first encounter with the world famous photographer. Maruch and I met at FOMMA before Reverend Billy’s performance of “Earthalujah” and [...]

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