Coloring Book
The Children’s Coloring Book Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala presents detailed drawings of Maya artisans with captions and introductory text for parents, teachers and children. Text and images address issues of tradition, creativity, self sufficiency and ecology. This example page from the coloring book shows a Maya woman spinning, along with English and Spanish descriptive text.
Online Teacher’s & Parent’s Guides
Kids and Fair Trade - A Teacher’s and Parent’s Guide by Marilyn Anderson.
Using the Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala Coloring Book to Better Understand Fair Trade
Learning from the Maya About Diversity, Culture and Ecology - A Teacher’s & Parent’s Guide by Marilyn Anderson. To Accompany the Coloring Book Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala
Block Prints
A relief Print Series, images of Maya Artists and Artisans of Guatemala. Printed in editions of 150, this set of ten black and white wood and linoleum cut prints show artists and artisans pursuing their traditional arts as they have done for millenia, using clay, various fibers, leather, metal and other materials.
Two 5″x7″ sets are available:
Maya Children of Guatemala: Learning and Doing Traditional Arts, a five card set of duotone reproductions of photographs and Honor the Traditional Maya Artists of Guatemala, a six card set of two color reproductions of block prints.
Maya Artisans of Guatemala: Since the early seventies, Marilyn Anderson has taken many photos of Maya artisans such as the two examples below.
Mat making in Rabinal, Guatemala. Adding hundreds of new palm frond strips, a woman extends length of the mat she plaits.
Tile making in Rabinal, Guatemala. Ceramic roof tile artisan. This craft has a Spanish origin.
