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Hecho a Mano: Episode #4 Roberto Mejía & Patricia García
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** Hecho a Mano. Episode 4: Roberto Mejía and Patricia García
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The fourth episode of our Hecho a Mano (Handmade) ([link removed]) podcast spotlights Roberto Mejía and Patricia García who reflect on their journeys as artists, mastering popotillo design, and building their business, Yolopopotli. They live in Los Reyes LaPaz, Mexico, and represent their Nahuatl culture with their art. To describe popotillo art as “painting with straw” does not fully capture the beauty of their work, rather, it’s helpful to picture Patricia with her bundles of vibrant colors, pitched forward over the jewelry box, cross or frame she’s working on, using one hand to pin a piece of straw in place, and the other to bend the straw, lining it up perfectly alongside the previous straw to build whichever dreamscape she’s envisioning. The work is meticulous, and performed at a wide range of scales, from entire landscapes woven into an image no bigger than a thumb, to grander, framed pieces to hang on your wall.

A good portion of this very special recording is actually of Roberto interviewing his wife, Patricia, and we appreciate the intimate look at the home life they share. Today, there are few popotillo artists. Roberto and Patricia have been crafting this artisanal tradition for three generations within their family and they work together as a team in continuing the art. Join us by listening to this beautiful interview ([link removed]) and hear them reflect on their own experiences, visions, and inspirations in seeing the world through popotillo.

The podcast Hecho a Mano ([link removed]) is an offering from our Bazaar Program to highlight artists sharing wisdom from their Indigenous traditions. The Bazaar Program is a key component of Cultural Survival’s Indigenous rights model, not only supporting creativity as a way of life and communing with the natural world, or for cultural continuity, but also because selling art and crafts is the second-highest source of income generation for Indigenous communities which supports the economic sovereignty and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples.

***Note: We have decided to postpone all in-person Bazaars in 2021 since COVID-19 is still spiking in some areas of the world and travel restrictions into the U.S. continue to fluctuate.

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** Hecho a Mano. Episodio 4: Roberto Mejía and Patricia García
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El cuarto episodio de nuestro podcast Hecho a Man ([link removed]) o ([link removed]) destaca a Roberto Mejía y Patricia García, quienes reflexionan sobre sus viajes como artistas, dominando el diseño del arte en popotillos y construyendo su negocio, “Yolopopotli”. Viven en Los Reyes La Paz, México, y representan a su cultura Náhuatl mediante el arte. Describir al popotillo como "pintar con paja" es muy simple, más bien se debe imaginar a Patricia usando muchos colores vibrantes, inclinada hacia adelante sobre el joyero, la cruz o el marco en el que está trabajando, usando una mano para sujetar un pedazo del material utilizado (paja) y usando la otra mano para alinearla perfectamente, pajita tras pajita, construyendo así cualquier paisaje onírico que esté imaginando. El trabajo es meticuloso y se realiza en una amplia gama de escalas, desde paisajes enteros tejidos en una imagen no más grande que su pulgar,
hasta piezas más grandes, enmarcadas para colgar en la pared.

Una buena parte de esta grabación tan especial es la pareja entrevistándose el uno a la otra, con lo cual apreciamos la mirada íntima a la vida hogareña que comparten. Hoy en día, hay pocas personas que trabajan el arte en popotillo. Roberto y Patricia han mantenido esta tradición artesanal durante tres generaciones dentro de su familia. Trabajan juntos como un equipo para continuar con el arte. Únase a nosotros para escuchar esta hermosa entrevista ([link removed]) y aprender de sus experiencias, visiones e inspiraciones al ver el mundo a través del popotillo.
El podcast "Hecho a Mano ([link removed]) " es una oferta de nuestro programa del Bazar para destacar a los artistas que comparten la sabiduría de sus tradiciones Indígenas. El programa del Bazar es un componente clave del modelo de derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival, no solo apoyando la creatividad como una forma de vida en comunión con el mundo natural y para la continuidad cultural, sino también porque la venta de arte y artesanías es la segunda fuente más alta de generación de ingresos para las comunidades Indígenas.
***Nota: Hemos decidido posponer todos los bazares en persona en 2021 ya que COVID-19 todavía está aumentando en algunas áreas del mundo y las restricciones de viaje a los EE. UU. Continúan fluctuando.
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