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At the center of a small circle we a bird, wings spread, emitting energy that seems to expand outward: to six volcano-shaped objects (or are they beets?), and then to a ring of flame-shaped feathers. This is a technically accomplished drawing, which…

Based upon an Aztec story, the Mexican coat of arms depicts a golden eagle perched upon a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake. The founding of Tenochtitlan, the island at Mexico City's center, had been prophesied to the Aztecs by traveling until…

Inside of two stylized stars, a halo, and a ring of leafs are two roses. When this drawing was made the artist was 21 years old, and the location for the Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) workshop was at the Colonial Motel in Oramel,…

In this mandala design--perhaps representing the artists' home--we see a compactly rendered landscape depicting rivers, a village, volcanic mountains, and a sunny sky. A serpentine road winds throughout the scene, and a golden eagle--central to the…

Mandala forthrightly asserts that it was “Made by Timoteo Tzun Poros” during a Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) workshop. Its design is based upon a shield created in 1871 that celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Guatemalan…