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Cesar
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) along with Dolores Huerta was founder of the pioneering National Farm Workers Association in 1962--later reorganized as the United Farm Workers five years later. He adapted activist tools of both labor unions and the civil…
Unfolding Hands Mandala
A vibrant visual representation of hands and fingers contained in a circle. The hands surround another circle and point upwards perhaps referencing spiritual dimensions. The cool-toned colors and petal-like bumps around the circle give this mandala a…
Greenhouse Vocabulary Words
The Geneseo Migrant Center (GMC) reached out to farmworkers at many locations and different types of operations: potato harvesting, tomato picking, fruit orchards, dairies. A relatively new type of agricultural operation was year-round greenhouses.…
Solar System Mandala
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…
Mandala drawing of two birds
Focus of drawing is a pair of mating birds on a tree branch, one with a spiky red flower in its beak--perhaps a type of paintbrush native to Mexico. In the remaining space we see a stream that traces its origins to the mountains, snow-capped using a…