Selected Past Exhibitions
Bay Area Maya Festival
featuring Highlights of the Maya Woman Collection
City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus
September 7, 2024
Traditional Dances & Costumes
Workshops on Maya Identity * Storytelling Poetry * Art
Maya Women: Life, Art, Hope
Contemporary Maya Paintings from Guatemala
City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus
Rosenberg Library
August 25, 2023 to December 15, 2023
This exhibition revealed the problems and the beauty of the lives of Maya women today.
Hardworking Woman of San Pedro la Laguna
Domingo Garcia Criado
Traditional Dances & Costumes
Workshops on Maya Identity * Storytelling Poetry * Art Therapy * Photography * Activism Tenants' Rights * Housing * Public Benefits
Goddess of Corn
Pedro Rafaél González Chavajay
Why the Immigrants Come: Contemporary Maya Paintings and Textiles from Guatemala
City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus
Rosenberg Library
August 19, 2019 to March 4, 2020
This extensive exhibition revealed many of the problems that force people to migrate, including poverty, violence, natural disasters, and displacement by multinational corporations.
Destruction of Nature
Paula Nicho Cúmez
Maya Fashion Show
Traditional Dances
Workshops on Maya Culture
Community Organizations
Welcome to Hardworking Immigrant Women!
City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus Lobby
San Francisco, CA
January to May, 2019
Women come to the United States seeking refuge from violence and poverty. They bring their children, whom they are desperate to protect.
It's very hard to become part of a new culture, and not lose your identity. City College welcomes and respects all immigrant women and men, and we honor their home culture.
Metamorphosis
Samuel Cumes Pop
Why the Immigrants Come: Anguish and Hope
City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus Lobby
San Francisco, CA
September to December, 2017
The paintings in this small display revealed problems facing indigenous people in Central America, and some of the the dangers that cause them to seek refuge in the United States.
Visiones e Historias: Maya Paintings from Guatemala
Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee, WS
March to June, 2017
A career retrospective for two of the most prominent Maya artists today, Paula Nicho Cúmez and Pedro Rafaél González Chavajay.
Our Cultural Patrimony
Pedro Rafaél González Chavajay
Visiones e Historias: Maya Paintings from Guatemala
Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL
January to February, 2017
A career retrospective for two of the most prominent Maya artists today, Paula Nicho Cúmez and Pedro Rafaél González Chavajay.
Maya Paintings and Weavings
City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus Lobby
San Francisco, CA
May, 2017
This display, sponsored by the student government, highlighted beautiful handwoven Maya blouses and other textiles, as well as a selection of paintings that reflect everyday life.
Huipil from San Juan Cotzal
Maya Women In Art
City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, Rosenberg Library
August, 2013 to May, 2014
Students in a wide range of courses came to view this exhibition at the College's main library. They wrote responses to a number of prompts to help them learn about the life of the Maya.
Honoring Our Women Weavers: Maya Paintings and Weavings
Oakland Public Library, Cesar Chavez Branch, Oakland, CA
March to April, 2014
This exhibition of textiles and paintings formed the backdrop to a month-long series of events focused on the lives of weavers from Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador--as well as local community craftspeople.
Maya Women in Art
City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus Lobby
San Francisco, CA
August - December, 2013
This extensive lobby exhibit was designed to accompany an international literacy conference focused upon low-educated learners from many different cultures.
Teaching, by Mario González Chavajay
Maya Woman: Life, Art, Hope
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA
March - April, 2013
This exhibition presented visually compelling and very accessible artworks which reveal the lives and struggles of indigenous women in Guatemala.
Maya Woman: Life, Art, Hope
Cañada College, Redwood City, CA
April - May, 2011
This gallery exhibition plus library display case presented visually compelling and very accessible artworks which reveal the lives and struggles of indigenous women in Guatemala.
La Mujer Maya: Maya Woman
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
March - April, 2011
This inaugural exhibition featured highlights from the collection. It was accompanied by a panel discussion on human rights in Guatemala, which included professors, local activists, and the curator.
