Taller Leñateros

Taller Leñateros is a cultural society and an alliance of Maya and mestizo women and men. Mexican poet Ambar Past founded in 1975.[1] Taller Leñateros promotes longstanding Indigenous practices of dyeing and papermaking techniques, as well as preserving, supporting, and disseminating Maya and related Indigenous popular culture and oral history.[2]

The publishing collective creates books written, illustrated, printed, and bound — in paper of their own making — by Maya people.[3] It employs local artists to make eco-friendly recycled paper and print and bind original artists’ books containing Maya songs, poetry, and stories in multiple languages.[4]

Taller Leñateros has contributed significantly to the increased visibility of women writers during the boom femenino.[5]

In 2022, it received the National Prize for Arts in the Popular arts and traditions category.[6][7]

References

1. "Taller Leñateros is a cooperative of Mayan papermakers and artists of nature". www.mexicoartshow.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
2. "Taller Leñateros | The Latin American Library". lal.tulane.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
3. "Ancient Maya Arts Still Thrive in Chiapas". National Geographic Society Newsroom. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
4. "MFA Student Jillian Sico Travels to Mexico to Teach and Learn Book Arts – Graduate School | The University of Alabama". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
5. Finnegan, Nuala; Lavery, Jane E. (2010-04-16). The Boom Femenino in Mexico: Reading Contemporary Women's Writing. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443821810.
6. "La Jornada: Enaltecen la historia de resistencia del taller editorial chiapaneco Leñateros". La Jornada (in Spanish). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
7. "Anuncian ganadores del Premio Nacional de Artes y Literatura 2021". 21 July 2022.

External links

Official website

See also

• amatl, figbark paper