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Migrant Mexican Traditions
This program accompanied a 1990 gallery exhibit centered on Mexican folk art traditions, as seen through seven individuals or families. Its curator explained that it was "divided into four major themes which illustrate central aspects of the workers'…
The Algonquin World: Seasons, Cycles, Change
This program was created to accompany a 1991 gallery show featuring seven artists from the community of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake at Rapid Lake, Quebec. Since the late 1940s they had traveled seasonally to Western New York, where their skills…
African Past: Migrant Present
This program accompanied a wide-ranging gallery show created by the Geneseo Migrant Center's Folk Arts Program in 1986. Its focus was that seasonal farm workers from the American South, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica "share common roots, a journey…
Poems by Intergrow Greenhouse Workers, June 2002
Poet Janine Pommy Vega facilitated dozens of writing workshops during her time with Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS), whether located in farm labor camps or other sites where migrant workers could access. This session was held at the…
Farmworkers Atlas Art
Composite image created as a directory page for nine story maps associated with the Farmworkers Atlas exhibit. It consists of eight mandala drawings associated with each story map, along with the Geneseo Migrant Center logo. In the background are…
Poems by Intergrow Greenhouse Workers, 11 Sept. 2003
Poet Janine Pommy Vega facilitated dozens of writing workshops during her time with Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS), whether located in farm labor camps or other sites where migrant workers could access. This session was held at the…
Poems by Intergrow Greenhouse Workers, September 2001
Poet Janine Pommy Vega facilitated dozens of writing workshops during her time with Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS), whether located in farm labor camps or other sites where migrant workers could access. This session was held at the…
Voyaging Boats Mandala
A glowing circumference encloses what may be a family portrait: two people sit alongside the ocean under an umbrella, turtles and palm trees nearby. On the water are three sailboats, each with a name: Eddy, Eddie, and Luci. Their voyages aren't…
Aching Heart Mandala
Floral border defines a circle with more flowers, a pair of solar disc flowers, and a heart with anthropomorphized face. Above, the phrase "Te Extrano" (I Miss You) raises a complex question. Is Hernandez referring to a specific person or, given the…
Familia Ruiz Pita Mandala
Circular disc is divided into four quadrants that offer glimpses into the lives of the Ruiz Pita family. Starting at the upper right and going counter-clockwise, we learn 1) that they work in cabbage fields; 2) that they are Mexican; 3) that the…