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Circumscribed by a circle, we behold a stylized representation of our solar system: Earth, a crescent moon, the sun, Saturn, Mars, and perhaps Jupiter. This is where things get more complex, since among the smaller stars there are also four-pointed…

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…

Dr. Mattera was a member of the SUNY Geneseo School of Education who created a summer program for "teachers of the children of migrant workers." In 1968 she founded the Geneseo Migrant Center, which evolved into not only a school for children but for…

Gloria Mattera, founder of the Geneseo Migrant Center, is pictured during a teachers workshop at SUNY-Geneseo titled "Summer Workshop Teachers of Migrant Children"

A conversation between Rep. Mary Anne Krupsak and Gloria Mattera, the founder of the Geneseo Migrant Center, during a staff development event at The State University College at Geneseo. Dr. Mattera developed a summer program for teachers of the…

Founder of the Geneseo Migrant Center, Dr. Gloria Mattera, and President of SUNY Geneseo at the time, Robert W. MacVittie, are pictured in conversation at a 1973 summer workshop for teachers of migrant children. Dr. Mattera mentions that such…