https://www.elotedreamz.com/writing daily 0.75 2024-12-22 https://www.elotedreamz.com/writing/santateresita monthly 0.5 2024-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/d3867091-faa1-48ea-a8bb-37da617a68e1/8B3144D3-2ABE-41E4-84BA-7C35947CDFBE.jpg Writing - Remembering Santa Teresita - Make it stand out Teresita Urrea, La Santa de Cabora (2015) by John Jairo Valencia. Mixed media collage with prints by José Guadalupe Posada, other images, and original drawings of arms, bones and flowers. The two original prints by Posada display a scene where Teresa was imprisoned and another of the Battle of Tomóchic that took place in the heart of Rarámuri country under the battle cry of “¡Viva la Santa de Cabora!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/721b2031-52ec-46aa-94a1-df0462fad033/023a3263-96b2-4b2a-b550-5fa9fae0b5fc_573x339.jpg Writing - Remembering Santa Teresita - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/2f0d76cf-0a8a-4455-93d3-a890702e77de/Calavera+Missions.jpg Writing - Remembering Santa Teresita - Make it stand out No Junipero Serra (2015) by John Jairo Valencia. Mixed media collage with prints by José Guadalupe Posada, colonial prints, other images, and original drawings of bones. Junipero Serra being attacked by an adelita calavera; the San Diego Mission falling into the underworld; Ohlone ancestors dancing in the sky, above the San Francisco landscape, and circling the adelita’s lasso; and Coyolxauhqui rising above the uprising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/2c3dae5b-7e03-410f-bf95-c1df88a9cc22/IMG_0920.jpg Writing - Remembering Santa Teresita - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.elotedreamz.com/writing/jumano-milpa monthly 0.5 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/1628361148379-6ZWASGXEI6FT2TB9FHDO/Jumano+Milpa.jpg Writing - Jumano Milpa - Make it stand out Jumano Milpa (Aug 2021), Maternal figure and child with striped tattoos, as many ancestral Jumano peoples of the Chihuahuan desert were documented to wear, being called "gente rayada," tending to a small garden plot of corn and squash. 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I am open to inquiries about live painting for community events, community mural envisioning activities, and other related projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d5fca4d3a11b324ec7da08/1624739226097-O9C0KTXCMYZ83PF32H7Q/ED258C95-5357-46AD-A502-F5BE13F13E32.JPG Community Work - Corn Husk Doll Workshops "Maíz is like a human being; it cannot grow without human care and human beings cannot grow without maíz." –Paula Domingo Olivares In this workshop, I teach the basic steps of making corn husk dolls, interweaving hxstorical teachings about corn, and facilitating collective storytelling. My goal is always for participants to be able to awaken their own cultural memory about their relationship to corn. 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