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Eugene Ormandy commissioned the second recording of Ginastera’s final and unfinished
orchestral essay, the Popol Vuh: The Mayan Creation. For his Philadelphia Orchestra. “The
composer worked on it piece over the last eight years of his life, leaving eight of its proposed
nine sections complete and fully orchestrated when he died. Unfortunately, the unwritten ninth
part was to represent the end of the process of the world’s creation, as outlined in ancient Mayan
mythology.”66.Many things are left unfinished because not all things created by men will see
frutition like it happened to my big statues, they were too big so I g
Had to break them and rebuild them. I thought, I created the problem I can fix it! I did it when I
lost my cat for 12 days (in my heart, no loss could be more significant). The main focus of the
project was to create movable work.
The furniture dollies can transfer weight, but not to have weight it on them permanently.
It was tough to break the three most massive statues, but in doing so, I develop new ways of
building them, which allowed me to balance the weight on either side, back and front and left
and right. My sculptures are symmetrically balanced, and the left side mirrors the right. Four
elements, they are four colors to represent the cardinal cross of Mayan Myth numbers.
Quality of artwork is consistent because it manifests evidence of independent research
and also decisions making throughout execution methods of constructing sculptures. After Show,
I had to enter the new conceptual stage of the transferring of the work required the big statues to
be reinforced by an outer layer of exothermal additives with a brush. Coils needed to be harder,
because I knew other people push the work from many points, not just handling spots I created to
move them. The first statues I made were made in Sierra Madre street by Fresno State. I had to
break them in pieces to transfer them to M street. From this experience, I learned that was not an
option because they grew when assembled back together. I ended up with a hefty 700 hundred
pounds of work. Faculty of Graduates helped ,giving me a Research Grant so I did just that .
There is hunger in America for alternative spirituality. 67Rituals that induce vision are
enticing to multitudes. People travel America looking for shamans and healers when western
medicine does not provide a cure for their ailments. Many ailments are psychological, and it has
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to do with the search of meaning, the lost hollow space within. Clay statues are hollow within
not to become too heavy, but Mayan story says, in the beginning, all was dark. All was silent,
only Heart of Sky and Heart of Sea were there. I believe in the hollow space inside the clay
ceramics heart of the sky and earth meet and embrace emptiness. Except we are trying to run
away from void instead of realizing an empty mind is an asset because we can fill it with new
dreams. Or we can keep our minds busy to help others by Education. I made this instructional
technology video in Class CI 149 with my Group five for our Project with Miss Keeler.68
Awareness has an infinite inherent fluidity that will fill the mind, within but also without.
The progenitors of the Maya creator gods eventually clouded the vision of the first men from
their descendants. But "nevertheless believe themselves to bear within their blood69 the potential
for divine sight" (Christenson, 2007.)
The Mayan priests think they can learn from their ancestors because their vision sees
beyond time and space. Evon Vogt noted that the Tzotzil- think that anciently their people could
see inside sacred mountains where the ancestors live." In should be taught a person does not have
to be like their ancestors; they do not have to walk on their shoes; they have a chance to find
their way. Christensen says, "In her classroom, I found my voice and no longer hid in the
shadows. In her classroom, I realized I didn't have to fill my sisters' shoes. I could walk on my
own."70(Vogt, 1993.) Art concepts should encourage agency in youth. Like creativity’s voice.
Today only shamans can develop these powers; that is why I make my statues rock like
finished because stone lives inside mountains and this symbolism empower my figures to act as
conduits to wisdom. Mountains are Heart of Earth, and they can give back the power to see
beyond, to a pure heart.
In the Mayan Regions, Mexico. Honduras and Guatemala, shamans,71 perform
ceremonies always. I grew up smelling myrrh, and the churches have Mayan Gods besides
Christian gods, and the language, as well as the customs and beliefs, have integrated themselves
68 https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/ci149-anabella-monzon/badges/-64-video-tutorial
70 Watson, R. (2019). Walking My Own Path. Horn Book Magazine, 95(3), 56–57. Retrieved from
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71 Salt, E., & Bryant, E. (1998). Secrets of the Shaman: A summer trio. Library Journal.
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through many arts and crafts. We can gain guidance from spiritual teachers, physical teachers, or
ancestors, but when we do no longer feel alone, we can change our methods.
I switch the way I apply art resins to harden the coils, from a sprayer to a brush, where
the substance can be thicker and strengthen more. These kinds of decisions are hard to make
when there is no one else doing the same methods; there is no information. I started to apply art
resins that it, with a brush on each piece not deluded with water, is much more expensive but
effective. Besides, I need to work on the bottom to anchor piece to attach it more firmly to
furniture dolly. For safe transfer, I need a harder cement anchorage. If I apply cement at I have
to cover it with coils of clay and figures of glyphs on top, so I will need to paint them and
weatherize them with a fixative.
I change color in one part, I have to repaint the whole figure involves putting 30 miles an
hour wind velocity primer before I paint the body, so the paint will adhere as inlay oxide, in
substance clay, and not remain on the surface. It is all tough work, I have to the floor or sitting
very low. The phase involving doing my job, not just viewable but transportable, is the most vital
stage — I the level or lying very low. The period involving making my work not only visible, but
portable is the most critical stage. I cannot afford to break them and have to rebuild them; storage
will not allow me to work in space. The right three statues are the ones that I had to break
because the weight was like eight hundred pounds of clay.
Figure 65 Monzon three statues I broke, from Right side, Photo Monzon, 2019.
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The weight of the whole sculpture cannot lay on a small coil piece. Transfer belts around the
parts would crush if soft when on rolling tires of moving vehicle move dollies on wheels
discussion of the body of work as a whole. Of the body of work as a whole.
Is the work finished? is the work secure.?. ill the work survives transferring to another
location. Can other people touch and move the job safely? It is structurally sound. What is the
weakest part? How can I resolve any weak spots? Go back in memory to x-ray the execution of
each piece to analyze the most vulnerable and strengths and improve the manageability of each
statue. To anchor work better, I added cement at the base. It took me a while working every day
to reinforce each piece adding the hardener to some, over the coils.
The exhibition as the installation is an experience of enlightenment, because is not solely
pragmatic in nature. Kant philosopher expresses in the era of Enlightenment, “Humans must
realize their autonomy., no race should be subservient to another. On human autonomy, Kant
philosopher expands “Humans have to take responsibility for themselves and not give up to the
direction of another.”
The discussion of significance may be rooted in personal motivation, a vital life
experience, or a philosophical belief.
The debate of importance may address a social, cultural, or political issue (for example, a
Figure 65a Monzon A. Content of a Project City, Airbrush Ink, Photo
Monzon, 2015
focus on social equity in postcolonial studies, or a focus on the
changing nature of communication in new media studies.)The discussion of significance
may address issues in the forms and strategies of contemporary visual art (for example, a focus
on the viewer’s interaction with the art as addressed in theories of installation art.) the discussion
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of significance should include consideration of readings in a discipline related to the content of
the project.
PROCESS
The Process is the review of the development of the ideas in my work. I will discuss
materials and working technique. Mention the tools, the obstacles and discoveries I encountered.
While working with materials, tools, and procedures. I have to consider if the positive and
negative spaces are balanced to create an equilibrium design of form.72
Part I consists of five stages that describe different steps of representation. The models
apply to different levels of representation, as well as to different text genres. Coherence has to
weave together the models concerned coherently.
Coherence depends on being able to connect incoming information with the
representation. If using previous text to link it with new information
A discussion of the development of the ideas of your work. My Professor Edward Gillum
tells me that we must consider the work an artist does in the studio to be the main form of
personal research artists conduct. As a methodology, the exploration of our research is not
limited.
by methods, we assemble to create the production of an art piece. "The materials
we used, the investigations we undertake, the concepts we explore, the substances we mix, the
materials we explore, the theories we implement do our work research." (Gillum, 2018) The art
process in itself is a significant form of project research. In seeking to create a clear and truthful
meaning, we search to establish our symbols of communication and methods. I work on my
advanced technique with various types of cement epoxies, fiberglass, art resins, and clay. It is all
Research of product flexibility, hydration, thermos conductivity and extenuates, how different
substances bind, and keep clay and types of cement bodies together by epoxies and art adhesive
resins. and academia. The other method is the physical execution of the work, the manifestation
of a sculptural piece in three-dimensional reality. I need help to carry through and finish what I
began, not only by the sculptures' Project activity report, documented with professional images
of photography. I needed to produce a high-resolution digital book that captures the detail of
72 Wilkins, A. (2002). Playing with POSITIVE and NEGATIVE Space. Arts & Activities, 132(1), 50. Retrieved from
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symbols at work. Final Project Activity Report prints for my committee, and I need to send in
the future to request Museums to exhibit my sculptures to my committee. Research of the work
will not be successful if the methodology does not match My technique is always evolving at
the callings of my spirit or my mind. A discussion of the obstacles and discoveries encountered
in working with materials, tools, and processes. The
original Mayan the quality of the production. I am
over my head with all these aspects financially, and I
need collaboration in the form of funds from
Research Grant to finalize My Project Activity
production.
Last but not list, I was involved in an
accident that sends me to Clovis Community
Hospital therapy for 14 months. It delayed my
Graduation, plus most of my big statues had to be
rebuilt lighter. To finish them became very difficult.
I want to do the best I can to represent the Art
Department and Fresno State: but it is a noble
undertaking, and I need help to buy more supplies.
My work has attracted attention because of its size.
Still, I have to pay storage from now on after I
Figure 67 Monzon A, applying hardener resin mixture graduate this December, please help culminate
Project Activity successfully, manifesting the
excellence you and Project deserve. I also need to
print book of Project Activity for my Committee, images, and print, plus finish Rhetorical
Research of Mayan Art which is very involved
Monuments are alive in meaning. There is parallelism synchronicity in cultural
paradigms. Like the old versus the new, the evil versus the sacred, the big world to the one
below. It is incredibly involved in in-depth research I could not have accomplished without all
classes taken at Fresno State Aer Department.
The demographic area of my project research got smaller every year, and, finally, it took
me back. It was growing, taking force in my art subconsciously until I awoke in my creative
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vision dreams of thundering Antigua, the first city of America. I retold my son if he did the
Mayan Glyph.73 od death, the sky would break lose and send us down a present, there would be
no room to receive, and so it will.
Lino did do it and let me take a photo. I realized when I wrote my artist statement and
showed description home and found the all along, I was building the history of my people, where
my family lives in the Midwestern high lands. Guatemala, where the Kiche lives, they wrote the
Popol Vuh and are those characters that I have built all along, my heritage, changing nature of
communication. 74
Figure 68 Monzon A, applying hardener resin mixture
73 Woodruff, J. M. (2011). Ma(R)King Popol Vuh. Romance Notes
74 Skeen, I. (2007). Look Close, See Far: A Cultural Portrait of the Maya. Library Journal, 132(18), 66. Retrieved from
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DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
The artwork takes place in space, "Space includes the background, foreground and
middle ground, and refers to the distances or areas around and between things. There are two
kinds of or within an object." Mayan Art is built the space: negative space and positive space.
Negative space is the area in between, around, though,
Figure 69 Monzon A, Video del Sol, Photo Niclaus Cook. 2019
same way when you construct a three-dimensional piece is more natural to exemplify the
concepts of background and foreground, I believe that each space is an expression of the three
views of the world, above being the foreground and below being under the ground. note
“A fundamental part of art is learning to see things differently. Most students that I have taught
had no idea that there was more than one kind of space.” 75“By introducing students to this
concept, we teach them to begin looking at things in an alternate fashion. It is a step toward more
complex ideas and also teaches them to observe the world around them in a different way."76
Practice idea of deconstructing space before students and people, in general, can learn the
concept of deconstructing symbols or separating meaning or intentions. I like to compare the
75
76 T., & De Baessa, Y. (2006). The Influence of Mayan Education module School Students in Guatemala. Cultural Diversity &
Ethnic Minority Psychology, https://doi-org.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.603Quote6
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idea of space to evaluate my creation The high fired work is also fired in different stages, first
comes the drying of the piece, then the bisque and finally the last
high fire stage that vitalizes clay to make it last to posterity.
Arts and Humanities Communication Specialist Benjamin Kirk77 and Fresno State Arts
and Design78 Graduate Studios Gallery 79Technician and Curator Chris Lopez.
We create by thought. First, we start with an idea taking hold of our mind, then second,
we execute it in stages, each time fortifying the part of the work until third we reach the high
fire. Coming into high-fire temperatures, we grow to respect the piece. Since respect for fire is
inherent in our human genetics. Most of the work is high fired. The big statues are made with a
process I discovered. They are heavy, so they have wheels to be moved safely.
The four main statues, because of their size and weight, had to be broken and
reconstructed. They were double the weight, and I was injured in an accident on the highway and
could not handle them. I also thought they were too heavy for the wood dollies. They can carry
up to a thousand pounds, but the statues lived on them permanently, and the five elements that
make everything living on our planet.
The big statues are made with a different process, which I discovered. The description is
they are heavy, so they have wheels to be moved safely. Most of the work is high fired. I created
a process that allowed me to build in huge terms; they are heavy, so they have wheels to be
moved safely. I adapt symbols of Mayan polychrome plates and stelae, I learned in the past, to
the three- dimensional clay compositions.
Creating for me is like an adventure, I never know what comes next, until I do it. Mayan
Monuments ceramic sculptures are the result of many years of artistic manipulation of Mayan
Art through the exploration of design to make two-dimensional compositions applying fire to
leather in Pyrographic 80leather burnings.
77 https://fresnostatecah.com/2019/09/30/grad-student-anabella-monzon-to-show-mayan-monuments-at-m-street-during-arthop/
78 http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/artanddesign/m-street.html
79 https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/fresno-state-art-grad-student-showcases-mayan-inspired-art-that-
transcends-time-and-place/
80 Oostendorp, H. van, & Goldman, S. R. (1999). The Construction of Mental Representations During Reading. Mahwah, N.J.:
Psychology Press
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The Sculpture pieces that are big in size measure about 7' feet and weigh between two
hundred and fifty to four hundred pounds of clay, they are built on wheels on top of furniture
dollies, to be moved. The statues that are gods of the Underworld are like 6 feet. The more
prominent figures of Axis Mundo Higher World were three times heavier. I had to break three
and rebuild them because they were over 700 pounds of clay weight average, and I was having
trouble moving them. I thought they might break the base dolly in time. The expense and effort
of rebuilding the work were worse more. Than building them anew. Monumental sculptures on
Figure 72 Monzon A. Popol Vuh, LowerWorld Kingdom of the nine evils, Xibalba my studio left, 2019.,
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Axis Mundo are more prominent
Figure 73 Monzon Anchoring added a layer of types of cement to the bottom of the piece. after show, 2019.,
Figure 74 Monzon A. Furniture Wheel on bottom adding cement, Photo Monzon, After Show 2019
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than underworld ones; their
size is from five to eight
feet tall, and they weigh
from 300 to 450 pounds.
They are clay with an
armature of wood and metal
poles, and wire screens on
mixed cement covered with
all cement and other types
Figure 75 Monzon A. teaching some kids that came to my show during the weekend of art resins, adhesives,
fiberglass epoxies resistance
art resins tints. I like to high fire some new work as soon as the kiln is installed, so I can donate
to Fresno State pieces that are fired. When we were open last summer for ArtHops I taught every
youth I saw my medium and my secrets, I showed them all my products and encouraged them to
build with clay. Art can change their lives for the best and bring them to Fresno State to get
Figure 76 Monzon A, Application art resins e hardener. Nov 2019
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educated in Art. After my show, I coated all my big
pieces with resins applied with a brush to harden
coils,
In Mayan Monuments, the viewer can see the
influential icons, which I use to confer meaning. I
can introduce purposeful new adaptation to old
Mayan Symbols.
Mayan linguistics is not standard to
alphabetic order. Quiche Mayan language is written
phonetically and through hieroglyphics, which writes
ideas by root graphs.
Translations communicate pre-Colombian
and postcolonial linguistics interpretations.
Knowing Quiche Mayan language is written
phonetically helped decipher the meaning of
Figure 77 Monzon A Todosantos Victim, Photo Monzon
2019 hieroglyphs. The root is in the middle of the word
and stays the same, different forms are added to the
beginning and end to form different words81
First, a glyph is a symbol. A symbol is something that represents something else, like an idea, a
concept, or a belief.
At first, experts believed Maya glyphs represented only words, concepts, verbs, numbers, and days.
Later they thought they represented sounds.
The Popol Vugh was shared by oral tradition until Ximenes translated it from Kiche.
81 Sharon-Zisser, S. (2018). Art as a subjective solution: a Lacanian theory of art therapy. International Journal of Art Therapy:
Inscape, 23(1), 2–13. https://doi-org.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/10.1080/17454832.2017.1324884Carman, J. (2006).
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EVALUATION
I used observations from criticism theory on Art history to evaluate the aspect of my art
production, plus my willingness. Donald Preziosi published an Anthology82 in Oxford University
on 1988, it was an Art History criticism "And though this was pulling and stretching of a term,
such as the sculpture is overtly performed in the name of vanguard aesthetics—the ideology of
the new—its secret message is that of historicism. 83 That which is New becomes familiar when
it evolves gradually from
the past."
Mayan Monuments have
the characteristics of
vanguard aesthetics
because sculptures are
overly worked, presenting
the ideology of the new.
Previously I said, "the
meaning of artist work is
in the relationships of his
art to the community."
To evaluate the success
of my project activity, I
have to ask myself if I
was able to familiarize
people with Mayan
symbols laid all over Figure 78 Monzon A. Pyrographs on leather. 2018
monumental pyramids and
stelae in Mesoamerica, which represented in Popol Vuh. The Maya were Vanguards, promoting
the ideology of the new because they absorbed Pre-Colombian symbols into post-Colombian
icons, preserving the language and the story. In Postcolonial times the language of symbols
82 https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/ci149-‐anabella-‐monzon/
83 Hamel-Schwulst, M., & Hoffert, B. (1998). Book reviews: Arts & humanities. Library Journal, 123(9), 82. Retrieved from
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became hybrid because of the assimilation of Spanish and Indian culture mixed. Art into new
approaches in Postcolonial
Figure 79, Monzon A. Historicism News. 2016 Figure 79a Monzon A. Vanguardism, 2019
times, from two thousand years before Christ to now. Mayan art keeps on stretching aesthetics to
bring forth historicism that gradually evolves84 from the past.
I am a Mayan Indian artist, persevering in the same quest as my ancestors. Vanguard85
was the name of the elementary school I attended in Guatemala, and students marched through
the streets on the day of Independence. Could it be my life is destined to build a bridge between
the old and the new? The past and the present? My art to bridge Mesoamerican history?
In Belga Catholic Private School in Guatemala,86 Principal Mother Lucia always told me,
"Anabella do not build a wall between you and people, your brethren, build bridges instead.”
85 http://vanguardiajuvenil.edu.gt/web/
86 https://www.colegiobelga.edu.gt/
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Afterwards, I went to high school, in Liceo Frances87s and Saint Joseph’s College88 in Canada. I
dream from the southern border to the northern border of Mesoamerica; my art reaches breaking
boundaries of space and time. Joining people together through the pursuit of symbolic
communication. went to elementary school
“And though this was pulling and stretching of a term such as the sculpture is overtly performed
in the name of vanguard aesthetics —the ideology of the new—its secret message is that of
historicism. The forms of the past are comfortable and familiar since they evolved gradually
from the past.”89
Figure 80 Monzon A, firing in back kiln, 2018
Figure 80 Monzon A. Tikal Leather burning News Paper article. Guatemala
87 https://www.classmates.com/places/school/St-‐Josephs-‐College-‐School-‐for-‐Girls/20962371
88 https://www.aquienguate.com/perfil/liceo-‐frances
89 APA (American Psychological Assoc. Pettigrew, D., & Raffoul, F.,1996). Disseminating Lacan. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press.
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(The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology. Oxford University Press,) Nowadays, is
subjective what we call sculpture. Even tunnels in the earth or subterranean passages can be
sculptures. According to Vanguard aesthetics, my sculpture has historical value because, also
though it is new, it becomes familiar because it has evolved from an ancient culture that lived in
this area. When I familiarize people in Fresno to Mayan sculpture, I am teaching the history of us
everything in it. His purpose here is to understand and reveal Mayan culture, especially the
Mayan impression that the world and everything in it is “pervasively sentient.” roots. I am
introducing as new, the old forms of this area’s heritage. Is my project assiduous? It was
painstakingly detailed, meticulous in the replication of motifs, but in the accurate rigorous
reproduction of Mayan work laid the secret to Maya Monuments implementation be thorough the
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Mayan perception that the world and 90 endowed with spirit. In the evaluation, I seek to see if I
fulfilled the purpose of sharing the vision of the Maya to perceive everything alive or sentient
sense made people familiar with meaning and folklore that is old but new. Reading a new form
of language, which represent ideas. This new form of communication develops new pathways in
the brain. This installation unseen in Fresno before, which is beneficial to enrich the art language
dialect of the community.
Figure 80 Monzon A. Altar a day before Show, Monzon 2019
CONCLUSION
Coming to an end, I need to answer some questions to see if I met my goals according to
my project descriptions. So, the question is, are my Project outcomes Logic? Logic is a science
that studies the principles of correct reasoning.
An example of Logic is deducing if two truths imply the third one, as evident. Logic
allows an excellent conclusion to my arguments. In this case, if my project description meets
proper explanations, the result is a functional evaluation. I will come up with a solid conclusion
and a logical appreciation of my Art 298 Project activity.
To accomplish that, I need to ask myself if the symbolic explanations, I developed to
fulfill my objective. My goal is to understand one another through art and culture by sharing
each other symbols through art. I got to share a language of symbols that reinforce beliefs in our
human unity with a God of Light that gives us Truth and sustains nature in harmony.
90Carman, J. (2006). The Latin American Art Song: A Critical Anthology and Interpretive Guide for Singers. Journal of Singing,
63(2), 231–232. Retrieved from
http://search.ebscohost.com.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23010762&site=ehost-liveThe Art
of Art Sharon-Zisser, S. (2018). Art as subjective solution: a Lacanian theory of art therapy. International Journal of Art Therapy:
Inscape, 23(1), 2–13. https://doi-org.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/10.1080/17454832.2017.1324884Carman, J. (2006).History: A
Critical Anthology. Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Is the outcome of my project united? I think yes because the Mayan Monuments
determine answers for critical questions of art history. Besides, bringing a community gathering.
Also, the press spread the news and ideation behind the creation of the sculptures to a broader
audience. Thus, creating successful dissemination of meanings and making Fresno State
University proud.91
Figure 81c Benjamin Kirk and Chris Lopez 2019 M street Figure 81d Artist Professor Nick Potter M street
Complex, Graduate Studios, 2019.
Complex, Graduate Studios, 2019.
My conclusion is that providing an inclusive studio art and Art in education curriculum
whose methods of teaching incorporate a holistic approach to making Art in formal schooling
settings is a critical challenge facing art educators here in Fresno. I like to reproduce my work at
a smaller scale to bring a traveling holistic exhibit to the school district.
Chris Lopez brought Professional Photographer Niclaus Cook to take the photos, at
Graduate Studios 1419 M street, October 2019, to document Maya Monuments Art Exhibit.
Which reveals and evaluates the exhibition and the monuments as an aesthetic composition that
91 Andrews, S. (2005). Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest. Library Journal,
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values space. Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think Niclaus Cook did excellent
photos that denotate spaciousness.
The statues had authentic iconography from the Popol Vuh, one of the most influential
texts in history and Mayan Art in the area. The work is aesthetic, and it is a Mayan style, was the
conclusion consensus opinion of the audience attending.
The art show was inclusive of Gender because it had male and female statues, addressing.
cultural concepts of gender roles. I conclude show pieces fulfill requisition for academic gender
studies in Universities. The Creator of humanity is a couple, so there is a woman included in the
creation of men. I declare exhibit innovative and influential, based ton texts written over the past
centuries.
.
Figure 81c Monzon A. Artist in Residency at K.C. Highschool, Mural Sun and Moon., KCMO, State Arts Council funds.
I heard from multicultural audiences, familiar people, and unfamiliar ones that they liked the
Mayan sculptures, that they evaluated the show as amazing
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Figure 82 October People Talk at Maya Monuments Art Show. Figure 82a. Martinez Ixchel, Me and Digital Professor
Octo 3. 2019 Craig Polanaski, October 3, 2019
I followed art movements, Folklore, modern art, impressionism, symbolism,
deconstruction, postmodernism, and videographer, innovative Hybridity. The forms are hybrid in
the sense that they combine old and new92
When I came to Professor Craig Polanaski I did not even know how to click a computer
mouse, Craig always challenged me by making me independent. He was the First professor that
guided me. Craig is the Art Department at Fresno City College. He came to my show and
challenged me to strengthen my statues for transfer. If I had not broken a coil, in front of him I
had not realized that some were still fragile at loops and they needed to be stronger to transfer,,
92 Nelson, R. (2011). Vigilance, expectancy, and noise: Attention in second language lexical learning and memory. Second
Language Research, 27(2), 153–171. https://doi-org.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/10.1177/0267658310385757
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Figure 81a Monzon A, Tinaja in Center, Photo Monzon, Figure 81b Monzon A., Tinaja y Gracie, Photo Monzon 2017
2019
I remain silent awe to what the creator has made through my hands. All praise be to
God's light.
In Mayan Culture Animals are helpers. Guides and friends. My cat Gracie is my friend.
Some people do not believe in Archangels, I do I believe there is Four that travel with God in His
aspect of Absolute.
In the North is angel Michael, he rules wisdom. In the East is Uriel he is Intuition. In the
South there is Angel Gabriel he rules matter of facts in worldly life, in the West is Raphael the
Angel of Courage. I drew them on cot bed materials from Village of Hope 93Paul Stack gave
them to me.
93 https://poverellohouse.org/what-we-do/shelter
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Figure 82a Monzon A. Archangel URIEL Figure 82b Monzon A. Archangel RAPHAEL
Figure 82c Monzon A. Archangel Figure 82d Monzon A. Archangel
GABRIEL GABRIEL
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Figure 83a Monzon A. Bushwaker, Ganador. Monzon A. Figure 83b Monzon A. Lino Portrait, Monzon 2018
F Figure 84b Monzon A Lobo. Monzon 2018
Figure 84a, Monzon A, Gran Dios, Monzon 2017
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I transferred all the pieces out of Graduate studios, and it difficult. The conclusion is not
to be afraid of difficulty. All along while I built these prominent pieces, it was in the back of my
mind how would I transfer them? I took them to the storage, I am satisfied they are in a safe
place, undisturbed, sleeping giants in the winter rain. I am at peace; it all worked out, and I am
ready to accomplish more, one step at a time.94..
The impossible happens, and I gained the strength to do great work with God’s help. Renting car
or truck businesses do not rent trucks with a hydraulic lift for personal use. It seemed impossible
to get a commercial vehicle with a Tommy lift because I needed a driver, A license, and a
business to rent it for me. I found one small truck at the last minute, and the move was
miraculously safe. What happens next? I evaluate, my best bet is to get a class A license, so I can
rent a truck with the help of business to exhibit my work out of town.
Figure 85a and b Monzon A Transferring sculptures out of Graduate Studios, Monzon 2019.
I need a bigger truck with a hydraulic lift with no grooves and longer in size. I never measured
the right size, and the statues would not clear doors of storage, they had to lay back to pass
through.
94 Andrews, S. (2005). Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest. Library Journal, 130(20), 121.
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I was delighted I reinforced the coils for transferring them, ahead of time and after the Show.
Figure 85 Monzon A. transferring statues, Monzon 2018
I am subject to be evaluated by others for the Mayan Folklore and symbolism I presented
in my Solo master Show at Graduates Master Studios at M street Oct 3, 2019.95 I accomplished
all I set out to do, with help from my committee, Chairman Martin Valencia, Master Coordinator
Stephanie Ryan, and our Dean Honora Chapman.
They all supported me in many ways until the end. Gallery technician Chris Lopez did an
incredible job of producing labels and curating the show.
He brought Professional Photographer Niclaus Cook to take magnificent photos of the
work, that convey space. I filmed last month with Fresno State Humanity specialist Benjamin
Kirk, the process of my work at M street Complex gallery studios. He published my art in Fresno
State Blog.
95 Nally, E. (2009). Ancient Mayan Glyphs. Arts & Activities, 146(3), 32–42.
trievedhttp://search.ebscohost.com.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=44811085&site=ehost-
livemmmmnnbb\
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Figure 86 Monzon A. Graduate Studios, 2017
Figure 86a Dean gallery Show 2018
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Figure 87 Graduate Studios, Photo Monzon 2019
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Outreached kids from Discovery Center came to build clay with me after show and networked
with Professor Sallie Saiz from Fresno City College. I contacted Arte Americas Exhibitors.
Foundations invited to go to M street Graduate Studios. Other Institutions like Avenal
Prison requested Chancellor in Long Beach. I reached the school District and other gallery
sponsors, Art-hop venue community, Faculty, and students of Fresno State. Dissemination
included posters and invitations all over town, Madden Library, and bulletin boards. Public
Production Media, YourCentralValley.com KSEE24 | CBS47 put me on the Local News, and
PBS filmed a feature of Maya Monuments show to post this week. Fresno Arts Council emailed
Figure 87 Monzon A. Graduate Studios, 2019
Figure 88 Artist Professor Designer Joan Sharma, ArtHop Spectrum
Gallery. Photo Sharma 2019.
my poster to their Art hop list as well as helped me design posters.
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My Master Committee Member Professor Artist/Designer Joan Sharma is an expert in
snakes. She advised me about final touches for the master’s Show and infused me on her vitality.
I contacted CCA to critique my show. I accomplished the dissemination of multicultural
diversity at Fresno State. Published my CV at website anabella.info and encouraged Public
Giving.
I have experience with how I can help other graduates to develop their Projects. I want to
help at Fresno State Day of giving and Blog. I am academically rooted and bound in writing a
thesis that represents my ideas about my work as a whole. The purpose of this thesis is to
describe a group counseling model based on the indigenous. medicine wheel as well as Maya's
philosophy to bring balance in lives through establishing goals and steps to accomplish these
goals. The authors call this model the Goal Wheel.
I am very excited the concept of the Cardinal Wheel was shared by the News in Fresno96
Figure 89 Monzon A. The Light Rays from the Creator are on me always, 2019
96 Valis, N. (2000). The Moral Voice of Octavio Paz. Modern Age, 42(1), 49. Retrieved from
http://search.ebscohost.com.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=2963209&site=ehost-live8
Londré, F. H. (2004).
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Figure 90 Monzon A. Huracan, Photo Monzon,2019
The Cardinal Cross represents the four directions of the sky in Mayan Culture, but this idea has
gathered the medicine Mayan Wheel with manifestation of Sacred Wheel of the Native
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American tribes, and it is in North Mesoamerica and South Mesoamerica. Trade routes
propagated ideas, there was cultural exchange for centuries, before the Conquest of America.
I have an AA in Web Graphic
Productions, and I help other
students with video tutorials. In
this video, I am sharing about
Managing your Site, putting
images in the background of your
pages into your portfolio, changing
colors, texts, templates use, and
parts of the page gadgets.97
Tedlock gives credence to the as a
believer on the accuracy of Mayan
shamanism; he does not back away
from the world view but presents
himself as LORD.
Mayan Monuments express the
idea of unity in the center of circle
call Sacred Space where all people
can call on ancestors and deities of
their own belief, to manifest and
guide us, is necessary to spread
these cosmological ideas and art in
the schools. South can have a
Figure 91 Monzon A. Huracan going out, Monzon 2019 venue to express their emotions
and create art or performances or must
help troubled adolescents restore harmony. As noted earlier, engulfment of an existing structure
to enlarge a construction was a common architectural refurbishment technique throughout
Figure 92 Monzon A. Huracan, Photo Monzon,2019
97 https://sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/ci149-‐anabella-‐monzon/quests/-‐16-‐create-‐g-‐community
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Mesoamerica (Mastache and Cuban 2089)
In evaluation my sculptures are never finished I might put fiberglass cement on y
Them to make them outdoor sculptures so I do not have y
To pay storage, repaint, and rebuild them, refurnishing to become a whole different
Mayan Monumental structure to decorate an outside temple I build in my land.
A God’s eye I made, I was wondering to add mixed media and also burlap because it is
an organic material used by poor people in the Third world since Colonial times. This photo
shows the rawness of the process. The purpose of this article is to describe a group counseling
model based on the indigenous medicine wheel as well as natives. Philosophy by w and balance
in their lives, through establishing goals and sequential steps to accomplish these goals. The
authors call this model the Goal Wheel.
The Cardinal Cross represents the four directions of the sky in Mayan Art. Still, this idea
has spread by commerce between North Mesoamerica and South Mesoamerica trade routes
manifest as the Medicine Wheel of the Native American tribes. It is a healing God’s wheel, like a
God’s eye to bring shamanistic healing to all nations that gather (Tedlock, 1975) gives credence
to the accuracy of Mayan shamanism; he does not back away from the world view but presents
himself as a believer 0or POWWOW. Mayan Monuments express the idea of unity in the center
of circle call Sacred Space where all people can call on ancestors and deities of their own belief,
to manifest and guide us, is necessary to spread these cosmological ideas and art in the schools.
What I learned from the beginning is that culture is ritual practices that manifest their
symbols of worship. There is a place in the center in Aphuai Culture, a place to be heard. The
Aphuai Indians have a place in the center, and people go there when speaking their minds.
Children have their place to play.
These practices develop trust in the culture by the members of the tribe. When there is no
trust in a culture, crazy Fiesta celebrations 98happen. People let steam out to become whomever
they want and break all l and moral rules consuming drinks until intoxication.
Why are there differences? Is because there is confusion in the meaning of symbols. A
child develops two sides within himself that contradict in nature. One evil, one good, the sides of
personality are fighting each other.
98
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In conclusion, the classes I took at Fresno State Art Department allowed me to put into
practice the knowledge I learned in Seminars with Professors. To express my gratitude, I made
two leather burnings pyro graphic Portraits.
Figure 93 Monzon A. Leather Burning Honora Chapman.2018 Figure 94 Monzon A. Leather Burning, President Castro, 2019
Special Thanks to:
Dr. Saul Jimenez-Sandoval Provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, our Ex Dean of
Arts and Humanities
Art Department Dean Honora Chapman,
Chair Professor/Designer Martin Valencia,
Professor/Artist Designer Joan Sharma,
Professor/Edward Gillum,
Professor/Archeologist/Author Keith Jordan,
Master Coordinator Stephanie Ryan
Jose A. Moreno III PBS features Mayan Monuments PBS feature/Public TV Fresno/
Benjamin Kirk Communication Specialist college of Arts and Humanities
College of Arts and Humanities Blog/
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Figure 95 Benjamin Kirk
Video Fresno State Day of
Giving
Other Links on Google to Mayan Monuments Publicity can be found in Google
Images @
fresno state maya monuments=1
Or Google Browser links
Art and Design Department Release
to Show, Mayan Monuments
Central Valley News
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F
Figure 96 Monzon Anabella PBS
Figure 90 Ch 47 News, Ixchel Martinez y Anabella, Photo 47 News, Art-‐ Interview Maya Monuments, Oct.2019
hop, Maya Monuments. October3, 2019
Figure 97 Monzon A, Metro Shelters Artist in Residencies, Seattle, 2019
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Figure 97 Fresno State Leadership Institute Conference
Figure 98 Fresno State Leadership Institute Conference
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Figure 99 Monzon A. Doble Meanings, Photo Monzon, 2019
Figure 99 Monzon A. Sculpture rocks Land of Quiche, Photo Monzon, 2016.
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Figure 100 Monzon A. Hybrid Culture. Photo Monzon, 2016.
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