The Willowell Foundation is excited to host an afternoon fireside talk with visiting Mexican artist Nicolas DeJesus and art curator/scholar Patrice Giasson, with Guest appearance by local Abenaki Elder/Artist Judy Dow. Join us for this enriching afternoon of conversations about the intersection of art, environment, globalism, and indigenous perspectives at the Willowell land in Monkton.
Free and open to the public: 3pm on Saturday, May 14.
Nicolas DeJesus' career began in 1982 with the painter Felipe Ehrenberg, from whom he learned the techniques of printmaking. Nicolas is best known for his works on amate bark paper, a traditional product of trees local to the San Pablito, Puebla region, pre-dating the arrival of the Spanish in Central America.
The extremes of social inequality which DeJesus and his family experienced in their native village of Amayaltepec, located in the arid province of Guerrero, Mexico, continue to inform and pervade his work.
For more info about the visiting artist, directions to Willowell, and about the other presenting speakers visit: https://www.willowell.org/gordon-sculpture-park
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