Apoyanos para que el arte, la tradicion y la conciencia se puedan seguir desarrollando en el TALLER.
Support us so that the space for art , awareness, tradiction and consciousness to be alive .
TELAR Y TALLER son proyectos que reúnen al pueblo de San Sebastian Rio Hondo, Oaxaca y regresando a la tierra con unidad como comunidad.
Para favorecer el desarrollo integral de las mujeres, TELAR cuenta con un espacio físico EL TALLER que posibilita el encuentro de las mujeres involucradas y fomenta el desarrollo de sus capacidades personales a través de las meditaciones, conversaciones informales, talleres específicos y capacitaciones.
Otra parte fundamental del proyecto consiste en favorecer el desarrollo comunitario a largo plazo de todo el pueblo, en este aspecto la educación infantil de calidad es imprescindible. Con este propósito TELAR inicia e impulsa el TALLER, un espacio comunitario que abre sus puertas para posibilitar el encuentro de los niños/as de la comunidad y el desarrollo de sus habilidades creativas a través del arte y de la pedagogía alternativa.
En el proyecto TELAR las mujeres son las beneficiarias protagonistas son con quienes se colabora directamente para todo lo relacionado con técnicas de teñido, urdido cardado, hilado y tejido .
El intercambio de técnicas y conocimientos, ideas y diseños en la producción de las creaciones mejora su trabajo, su creatividad y su atuo-confianza; los ingresos y apoyo económico mejoran de su calidad de vida y sus hogares.
50% de las ganacias van directamente a un banco comun donde el dinero, apoyo y donaciones ( al 100% ) son utilizadas para la mejora de la calidad de vida y sus hogares.
ART STUDIO
This is an open space, given by a local family in San Sebastian Rio Hondo, Sierra Madre Oaxaca hat are part of the project, where children and women who want to increase their knowledge and creativity can come together.
The art studio is an example of the communication in harmony based on respect, education and mutual exchange.
This is an open space for all of the studio children in the community open during the afternoon Monday through Friday, it is free so they can have the option to learn and develop their personal abilities.
The teaching method used in the community studio is open and flexible and it promotes the construction of new learning practices.
The objectives of this method consist in peaking curiosity, natural creativity, as well as the global, local ecological consciousness of the children.The activities try to stimulate the joy of living, self-esteem, the sense of self value and to learn to value others. It promotes the expression of their feelings.
ACTIVITIES DONE WITH THE CHILDREN
The Word Circle Creative drawing Art therapy Storytelling Relaxation and massage Visualization Sensory development Body expression and theatre (creating and presenting a play for the community) Music and song Games of coordination and confidence Sensitivity to the environment Recycling and reusing waste Making recycled paper
ACTIVITIES DONE WITH THE WOMAN:
The Word Circle Art Therapy Research walks in the forest Dying Design and patter making Dressing the loom sharing days Weaving
TELAR PROJECT
TEJIENDOELAMOR
A permanent project whose MISSION is to rescue, value, and diffusion of the ancestral practices merged together with contemporary applications to offer and share a new perspective of textile art and programmed fashion.(meditation and lunar cycles involved in the production process to higher the body’s frequency)
The main objective is to reformulate the dynamic that exists between the community, their handcrafted projects, and the commercialization, their esthetic value, expression, and meaning. It tries to break the current cycle of economic advantages taken against the indigenes community and those who are outcastes in Mexico.
The project uses fair trade for those involved and 50%of the income is used in the improvement of their houses, kitchens, gardens, bathrooms , rain water reserve, all using bio-construction techniques. It uses natural processes for production and ancestral techniques for their creation; the final product is a modern design that exemplifies the cultural dialog.The women are those who are primarily benefited. They are the main players who collaborate directly with everything involved in the dying, dressing the loom, backcombing, spinning the wool, and the weaving, as well as the exchange of techniques and knowledge, ideas and the design in the production of the creations.
More information: summerromero.com/TELAR
Why is it indispensible to support these projects?
The people of San Sebatián have their roots in the Zapotec culture. Unfortunately today they face a delicate problem since they are losing their traditions, language and the knowledge of their cultural mother.
There has only been one generation that began the separation of their roots. Only the grandparents speak the Zapotec dialect and know the medicinal plants, the legends of the area, and grow their own food.
In the area of the textiles, very few women warp and weave with a back strap loom or a pedal loom. The practice of this ancestral art is dying. One of the reasons is that the handcrafters don’t value their own work and they are not motivated to do it, beacause they are victims of mercantile abuse. On the other hand no one dyes their thread with natural pigments even though there is a great variety all around them.
The habit of creative development and games are limited and they are being substituted by the television.
In this community there is not another space except for the Art Studio for fostering and exchanging the community vision and their capabilities. 80% of the population is dedicated to carpentry which as a consequence has exploited the forest. Just a short while ago there was regulations put into place regulating chopping down the trees and a law for replenishing the forest but the practical result has been insufficient.
It is crucial that the consciousness is related to peace, collaboration and the understanding toward the arts, crafts and the earth.
THANK YOU FOR ANY DONATIONS
