On August 25, 2022, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm ICM of the Mexican Consulate, I was honored to be the professor for the Block Printing Workshop as the closing activity of the MOG II exhibition.
We received around fifty students brought by Dr. Gisela Vega, Director of the Center for LGBTQ Studies at the University of Miami, who was with us that day. The students learn about the ancient block printing technique using my latest research about Popol Vuh’s Hero Twins as a Motif.
The event started with the consul’s words, and then the students practiced by printing flags and their T-shirts (sponsored by the non for profit, The Once Club for Creativity Miami). The event was coordinated by the director of the Cultural Institute, Adriana Torres.
About the ICM
The Cultural Institute of Mexico in Miami was founded on February 26, 2002. Since its inception, it has developed inside and outside its spaces an intense work of promotion and dissemination of the history, literature, cinematography, gastronomy, performing, and plastic arts of Mexico. Likewise, it has supported new trends in emerging artists, thus promoting their international projection. Among the objectives of the ICM is to highlight the cultural heritage of Mexico and its contemporary art through the programming of creators, promote the survival of our traditions, and strengthen the ties of the Union with other countries through advantage promoting joint action.