Name: Cultural Creativity Series: Mexican Indigenous Art: Huichol Yarn Painting
Start: 2024-10-03T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-03T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Cultural Creativity Series: Mexican Indigenous Art: Huichol Yarn Painting

In this workshop, participants will explore the rich history and artistic heritage of the Huichols through a hands-on, immersive experience.
About this Event

The Huichols, an Indigenous people from the mountainous regions of north-central Mexico, are known for their vibrant and intricate yarn paintings. In this workshop, participants will explore their rich history and artistic heritage through a hands-on, immersive experience.

Over three sessions, each lasting three hours, you'll learn the techniques and cultural significance of this remarkable art form. Take the time to connect with the Huichol tradition and create your own piece of their globally recognized yarn art.

Session Dates and Times are as Follows:

Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:30 - 8:30PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 , 5:30 - 8:30PM
Saturday, October 12, 2024, 2PM - 5PM

*This is a workshop series; you must register for all three dates.

Ages 16+ | Activity Room (Room 108)

About the Instructor: Susana Beitman (she/her) was born in Mexico City, and came to Canada, specifically to Kingston, many decades ago. She has a Masters in Spanish Language and Literature, and a Bachelor of Education, both from Queen’s University, plus a Bachelor of Communication. She is also a published author, and in her long and diverse career she has been a photographer, a journalist, a translator and interpreter, a published author, and she is also certified as a Chef by Algonquin College. During the last two years she taught Spanish as an adjunct professor at Queen’s University.

As a Spanish teacher, she has always believed that expressions like art, music, dance, literature, food, and history as well as many other cultural forms, give meaning to the learning of a language. During the last 20 years while teaching Spanish she organized groups of students to go to Mexico for an immersion experience. While down there she contacted local artists who taught her many different artistic expressions of various indigenous groups and different backgrounds. She then would bring back all the necessary materials to be able to teach what she had learned. Susana has been a firm believer of teaching acceptance of differences and diversity through installing in her students a deep understanding of ethnic groups within one single country.