A presentation by Colorado Mountain College students on art, politics and human rights in Guatemala, entitled “Guatemala: Art and Resistance,” will take place Thursday, April 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave. in Steamboat Springs.
The students took part in a recent study abroad course through Colorado Mountain College, earning 6 college credits in art and political science during the nine-day, intensive program in Guatemala. In Thursday’s presentation, they will use stories, photographs and examples of traditional weaving to demonstrate the intersections of art and politics in the context of Guatemala’s Mayan majority and the country’s 36-year civil war.
The presentation is free and open to the public. Handmade Guatemalan crafts and fair-trade Guatemalan coffee will be on sale to benefit a scholarship fund for students at a nonprofit school in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Guatemala City.
For more information, contact either Bob Gumbrecht, associate professor of social science, 870-4484, rgumbrecht@coloradomtn.edu, or Cynthia Zyzda, associate professor of visual arts and the humanities, 870-4432, czyzda@coloradomtn.edu.
Click here to watch a slideshow of photos from the trip. All photos courtesy of Bobbie Jo Thoman, Alpine Campus student blogger.