On Monday May 6, 2013 Mexican artist Cilau Valadez came
to JMS to share some culture with the students in Spanish classes. Margarita's
Restaurant Education Outreach Program sponsors artists and brings them to
schools all over New England to talk about the art, history, and cultures of
Mexico. This year the artist was Cilau Valadez and he is a yarn painter. Cilau
and his people, the Huichol (wee-chol) Indians, are from Nayarit on the Pacific
Coast of Mexico. The symbols of their art work have many meanings and the art
he created for JMS represents the doorway of knowledge that our students enter
into when they attend school each day. The video below describes how he makes the
yarn paintings and offers an up close look at the painting he created for JMS.
More videos can be found on Señorita Loughlin's website. Thank you to
Margarita's restaurant and JMS PAC for making this opportunity possible for our
students.
Emily Loughlin
Spanish Teacher
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