The Pozos Art Project · El Proyecto de Arte en Pozos

THE POZOS ART PROJECT · EL PROYECTO DE ARTE EN POZOSART FROM THE 2011 WORKSHOPS · ARTE DE LOS TALLERES 2011

THE POZOS ART PROJECTEL PROYECTO DE ARTE EN POZOS

ART FROM THE 2011 WORKSHOPS * ARTE DE LOS TALLERES 2011

Geoff WinninghamPhotography Coordinator & Catalog Editor

Janice FreemanStudio Art Coordinator

Teaching Assistants

Colby Keithan Rice University Katie Edwards California College of the Arts Christine Gwosdz University of Houston Hallie Jordan Rice University

Participants from the USA and Mexico

Max Winningham Houston, Texas Sally Smith Houston, Texas Nicolas Holquist New York, NY Jennifer Posner San Miguel de Allende

Catalog Design by Ian White

Spanish Language Translation by [to be identified]

Participants from Mineral de Pozos (Age)

        César Ariel Campos Bartolo (8) 

        José Armando Guerrero Campos  (7) 

        Cirilo Olvera Oviedo (11) 

        Adara Itzel Campos Bartolo  (6) 

        Yuliana Campos Olvera  (11) 

        Natalia Guadalupe Sánchez Ugalde   (16) 

        Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde (18)       

        Jimena Guadalupe Vera Ugalde  (12) 

        Juan Enrique Sánchez García  (18) 

        Karina Ailen Padrón Campos  (4) 

        Diego Ugalde Ugalde (6) 

        Andrea Lizbeth Alvarez Rodriguez (6) 

        Juana Maria Campos López  (7) 

        Vania  López Ortíz (10)            

        Mitzi Maria López Ortíz (14)          

        Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera (16) 

        Esperanza Olvera Oviedo (16) 

        Ana Karen Campos Olvera (14) 

        Virginia  Campos Olvera (18) 

        Juan José Sánchez Ugalde (14) 

        Hilary Vanessa N.  Becerra (11) 

        Wendy Maribel N. Becerra (17) 

Acknowledgments/Agradecimientos

We express our deepest appreciation to those whose financial support made possible our 2010 workshops:Agradecemos infinitamente a todos aquellos cuyo aporte financiero posibilitó la realización de los talleres de verano 2010:

Abrams Scott & Bickley, LLP, Founding SponsorCarol and Les BallardTesoros Trading CompanyThe Lillian H. and C. W. Duncan Foundation Harry H. and Cristina Lynch John and Anne MullenTravis and Suzan BroescheMr. and Mrs, Robert L. ZinnPatti JardJim PasantAll of our patrons from Kickstarter.com

We thank Father Dimas Godines Rangel of the Parroquia de San Pedro Apostal, Diocese of Celaya, for granting us the use of the space that served as our art studio for the 2011 Summer Workshops.Queremos agradecer el Padre Dimas Godines Rangel de la Parroquia de San Pedro Apóstal , Diócesis de Celaya, por concedernos el uso del espacio que se conver-tió en nuestro estudio de arte para los Talleres de Verano de 2011.

Cover / Portada: Monoprint by / Impresión unica por Hilary Vanessa N. BecerraPage 1: Digital photograph by/Fotografía digital por Hallie JordanPage 2: Digital photograph by/Fotografía digital por Vania López OrtízPage 3: Photogram by/Fotográma por Wendy Maribel N. BecerraPage 4: Monoprint with color pencil and pastel by / Impresión unica con lapis de color y pastel por Christine GwosdzPage 5: Digital photograph by/Fotografía digital por César Ariel Campos BartoloPage 6: Monoprint with color pencil and pastel by / Impresión unica con lapis de color y pastel por César Ariel Campos BartoloPages 8-9: Digital panoramic photograph by /Fotografía panoramica digital por Mitzi Maria López OrtízPage 13 (facing page): Digital photograph by / Fotografía digital por Yuliana Campos Olvera ISBN 978-1-4507-9612-5 Catalog copyright © 2011 Geoff WinninghamIndividual photographs copyright ©2011 Geoff Winningham and identified artistsIndividual monoprints and other art copyright ©2011 Janice freeman and the identified artists

First group of participants in the Pozos Art Project, August, 2007.Primer grupo de participantes en El Proyecto de Arte en Pozos, agosto de 2007.

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Geoff Winningham Janice Freeman

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In early August of 2007, just over four years ago as this catalog goes to press, a crowd of kids gathered in our home in Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato. We had put out the word around town that we were planning to begin teaching workshops in photography and studio art for the children of Pozos. Our son Max, then ten years old, joined the crowd. He stands out as the only blond in the group picture we took of the kids that day [opposite page]. We were full of hope and excitement for our project that day, though uncertain of exactly how we would proceed or how we would be able to afford the opportunities that we hoped to give the children.

Thanks to our founding sponsors, our project took off immediately. A year later, we published our first catalog of art from our workshops, and two museums – one in Mexico and one in the United States – were featuring exhibitions of our kids’ work.

In the summer of 2011, the Pozos Art Project, offered workshops for the fourth consecutive year. We publish this catalog, as we have each year, to celebrate and to preserve the remarkable art that the children of Pozos continue to produce. We are grateful to all of those who have generously supported our project, including the local diocese of the Catholic church in Pozos, which has granted us the use of the space that has served as our art studio for the past three years. Donations, including those given through Kickstarter.com, have allowed us to provide participating children with quality art supplies,

Above: top left, Pozos kids with cameras, winter 2007; top right, Pozos kids developing film, summer 2009; lower left, Janice teaching in the art studio, winter, 2008; lower right, art students drawing in the Triangulo mines, summer 2009.Facing page: exploring the streets of Pozos.

Arriba: arriba a la izquierda, los niños Pozos con cámaras, invierno de 2007;arriba a la derecha, los niños de Pozos revelando sus películas, verano de 2009;abajo a la izquierda, Janice enseñando en el estudio de arte, invierno de 2008;abajo a la derecha, los estudiantes dibujando en las minas, verano de 2009.Página opuesta: explorando las calles de Pozos.

Above: photographing with the view camera. Facing page: students working in the art studio, summer 2009.Arriba: fotografiando con la cámara de visión. Página opuesta: los estudiantes trabajando en el taller de arte, verano de 2009.

Fernanda drawing in the countryside near Pozos.

Fernanda dibujando en el campo cerca de Pozos.

Fernanda Sánchez UgaldePastel on watercolor ground * Pastel en la tierra de acuarela

Students working on a mural in the sculpture garden.Los estudiantes trabajando en un mural en el jardín de esculturas.

Janice FreemanMonoprint with pastel * Impresión única con pastel

Hallie JordanDigital photograph * Fotografía digital

Hallie JordanInkjet prints from film negativesImpresiones de tinta de películas negativas

Vania López OrtízDirect color photographs from botanical specimensFotografías directas del color de las muestras botánicas

Esperanza Olvera Oviedo (above) and Hallie Jordan (right)Direct color photographs from botanical specimens * Fotografías directas del color de las muestras botánicas

Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera(next page spread)Photograms * Fotogramas

Brenda Manuela Campos OlveraPhotograms * Fotogramas (above)Digital composite of photograms * Compuesto digitál de fotogramas (facing page)

Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera(Above) Photograms * Fotogramas(Facing page) Digital composite of photograms * Compuesto digitál de fotogramas

Katie Edwards Gelatin silver photographs from film negatives * Fotografías plata sobre gelatina de peliculas negativas

Ana Karen Campos OlveraDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Geoff WinninghamDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Colby KeithanMonoprints with collage and markersImpresiones únicas con collage

Christine GwosdzMonoprints with collage, photographs, and stitchingImpresiones únicas con collage, fotografías, y puntadas

Sally SmithMonoprint with collage and markersImpresión única con collage y marcadores

Juan Enrique Sánchez García Monoprint with markers and pastelsImpresión única con marcadores y pasteles

Andrea Lizbeth Alvarez Rodriguez (facing page, top)Nicholas Holquist (facing page, bottom)Diego Ugalde Ugalde (above left) Juana Maria Campos López (above right)Monoprints with collage, markers, and pastelsImpresiones únicas con collage, marcadores, y pasteles

Jimena Guadalupe Vera Ugalde Monoprints with collage, markers, and pastelsImpresiones únicas con collage, marcadores, y pasteles

En route to Xilitla, San Luis Potosí/En el camino a Xilitla, San Luis Potosí: Geoff Winningham, Hallie Jordan, Natalia Sánchez Ugal-de, César Ariel Campos Bartolo, Janice Freeman, Max Winningham, Hilary Vanessa Becerro, Jennifer Posner, Brenda Manuela Cam-pos Olvera, Christine Gwosdz, Ana Karen Campos Olvera, Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde, Juan Enrique Sánchez García.

On a cloudy afternoon in July, our group of twelve piled into two vehicles and headed north from Pozos on a seven-hour journey through the Huasteca region of Mexico. Our destination was the town of Xilitla, located in the dense jungle that covers the mountain slopes in the northeastern corner of the state of San Luis Potosí. Xilitla is not on the way to anywhere else of much importance. There are no beaches and no colonial architecture, so relatively few tourists put Xilitla their itinerary. Only ninety miles (as the crow flies) separate Xilitla from the Gulf of Mexico, yet driving there from the coast -- or from most anywhere else -- can take a day or more, given the round about route that is required to get there. Yet any drive to Xilitla is likely to offer spectacular views, as the highway winds upward through dramatic passes and isolated mountain villages.Mountain slopes covered in dense foliage surround Xilitla. Springs burst out of the hillsides, flowing down through rocky fields. Signs along the highway point travelers toward waterfalls, mountain springs, and scenic vistas. As we arrived, the rainy season had just begun, and recent downpours had fed the rivers, creating torrents of water rushing down the hillsides along the road.Coffee and papaya are the products for which Xilitla is best known, but most of those who travel the winding mountain roads come to visit Xilitla’s one truly unique attraction: the fantasy gardens known as Las Pozas. Built in the 1960’s and 70’s by the wealthy, eccentric Englishman Edward James, Las Pozas has been described as his “Surrealist Xanadu.” The natural centerpiece of his creation is the river itself, which streams through the park, dropping in a series of waterfalls, each forming a pool at its base; hence, Las Pozas, “the pools”. James spent millions of dollars and employed hundreds of masons, artisans, and local craftsmen to construct his whimsical concrete sculptures in the jungle, all connected by a labyrinth of pathways covering over twenty acres. On our first days in Xilitla, the river roared through Las Pozas with such force and fury that we could only approach it with great caution. Our home base was Casa Caracol, a cluster of teepees and bungalows with a dated but charming atmosphere, set along the river at the edge of Las Pozas. For seven days, we went out each day to explore, photograph, draw, and paint all around Xilitla. We swam in the rivers, and we ventured through deep, dark, watery caves. We explored every corner of Las Pozas. We photographed the bustling streets of the town, and we ventured high into the mountains above Xilitla to witness a million swallows flying out of their cavernous home. In all, we found Xilitla and its environs to be yet another truly magical part of this continually amazing country.

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Geoff WinninghamDigital Photographs * Fotografías digitales

(Xilitla, San Luis Potosí)

Students working at Casa Caracol in XilitlaEstudiantes trabajando en Casa Caracol en Xilitla

Fernanda Sánchez UgaldeDigital photograph * Fotografía digital

Janice FreemanPastel on watercolor ground/Pastel en la tierra de acuarela

Students working in the jungle near Huichihuayan

Estudiantes trabajando en la selva cerca de Huichihuayan

César Ariel Campos BartoloDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Hilary Vanessa N. BecerraMonoprints with collage, pastel, and markersImpresiones únicas con collage, pastel, y marcadores

Fernanda Sánchez UgaldeMonoprints with collage and colored pencilImpresiones únicas con collage y lápiz de color

Students exploring the caves near HuichihuayanEstudiantes explorando las cuevas cerca de Huichihuayan

César Ariel Campos BartoloDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Geoff WinninghamDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Jennifer Posner (above)Natalia Guadalupe Sánchez Ugalde (facing page)Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Fernanda Sánchez UgaldeMonoprint with collage, pastel, stitching, and organic materialsImpresión única con collage, pastel, puntadas, y materiales organicasNatalia Guadalupe Sánchez Ugalde (facing page)Monoprint with pastelImpresión única con pastel

Hilary Vanessa N. Becerra (above)Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera (facing page)Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Hallie JordanDigital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera (next page spread)Digital photograph * Fotografía digital

Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Brenda Manuela Campos Olvera (left)Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde (above)Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Ana Karen Campos Olvera Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Hilary Vanessa Becerra Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Hilary Vanessa Becerra (above)Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde (facing page)Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Geoff Winningham (next page spread)Digital photograph * Fotografía digital

Hilary Vanessa Becerra (above)Juan Enrique Sánchez García (facing page)Digital photographs * Fotografías digitales

Cirilo Olvera Oviedo (above)Monoprint with pastel * Impresión única con pastelMax Winningham (facing page)Acrylic on masonite panel * acrílico sobre panel de masonite

Adara Itzel Campos Bartolo Monoprints with collage, pastel, and pencilImpresiones únicas con collage, pastel, y lápiz

José Armando Guerrero Campos Monoprints with collage and markers * Impresiones únicas con collage y marcadores

Vania López Ortíz Monoprints with collage and pastel * Impresiones únicas con collage y pastel

César Ariel Campos Bartolo Monoprints with collage and pastel * Impresiones únicas con collage y pastel

For information on the Pozos Art Project, Inc. contact us by email, telephone, or mail:Para mas información sobre el Proyecto de Arte en Pozos, S.A., communíquese con nosotros:

info@pozosartproject.com 001 (832) 721-6958

Pozos Art Project, Inc Proyecto de Arte en Pozos, S.A. 3705 Ella Lee Lane Calle Mina 5Houston, Texas 77027 Col. Mineral de PozosUSA San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato 37910 México