During the 2010 hurricane season, all proceeds from sales of prints in my series Maya Artists and Artisans of Guatemala will be donated to storm relief efforts in Guatemala.
To see the print series, please go to the Relief Print Gallery»
If you wish to purchase prints, please contact me and indicate what print you wish to buy. The prices are reasonable for hand pulled prints done on handmade paper.
I have most prints on hand, but if there is a special demand for certain ones I may need to reprint. It requires three to four weeks to do the reprinting, dry the print properly and get it to you.
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Many in the US know about the devastation suffered in Guatemala after the May 30 Hurricane Agatha. Especially in the Guatemala City area, a combination of the heavy rains with large amounts of ash from the eruption of the volcano Picaya made an already bad situation still worse. In June, slippery volcanic ash closed the Guatemala City Airport for five days as ash had to be removed to prevent planes from sliding off runways. Photo: A weaver member of the cooperative Flor Del Campo with the remaining wall of her destroyed house. Courtesy of 
The total loss of life in Guatemala does not approach those of earth quake ravaged Haiti and Chile, still thousands of subsistence farmers have lost their next years food supply. Homes and schools have been destroyed. With widespread road and bridges infrastructure destroyed, communication was and still is cut off in many areas of the country. Flooding of rivers was exacerbated by heavy rains which continued to fall after the storm itself was over. Certain areas of the country, depending on terrain, altitude and proximity to rivers, were affected much more than others. 
I started my printmaking project around ten years ago. And as I’ve worked on the series, the both initial idea and its scope has changed. At first, I anticipated that thirty images would give a good overview of the range of arts and crafts in Guatemala. Then, I did not think about depicting other artisans making such things as brooms, roof tiles or candles. Gradually, as my understanding grew about the relationship crafts have to Guatemala’s culture, people, environment and economy, I began to develop images of these other kinds of crafts in addition to those that have the most visibility, as is the case with Guatemalan weaving. (Image: Rattan Furniture Maker, by Marilyn Anderson)
In the following three sections, I write about my work during 2008 and 2009. Each is a part what I call the “Pro Arte Maya” project — a several faceted effort through art and books to honor the arts, culture and people of Guatemala and to to support craft education through collaborations with schools, foundations and individuals.
