Community Project
Papel reciclado – Telesecundaria, Cacalotepec
My experience was different in the communities I worked with. In Cacalotepec, it took me time to catch up and understand the problems that are experienced in that secondary school. Earning the trust of third-party students also took several sessions. In the first session, we learned to make recycled paper, and in the second session, I showed them the technique used to make amateurs with banana leaves.
After these sessions, it was easier to interact with those of the first year of high school, I think they understood the craft paper technique quite quickly and I felt the two groups excited about the technique of home screen printing. I was thrilled to know that it was the first time that an artist worked in that secondary school and that in the future other projects could be carried out there since the trust was created with the director.
In the autism center of Puerto Escondido and the session in conjunction with the mobile library in San Isidro was the most enriching, both for me and for them. We managed to relate very well through a technique as beautiful as paper, and I understood the importance of community projects, however simple they may be. It was very satisfying to work with moms and autistic children at the same time and see how working with their hands reinforces their relationship and their experience with the world.
The sessions in these two communities, especially in San Isidro, were an explosion of energy and creativity. They wanted to learn new things, and if they had more cloth, they would have made paper for hours without stopping. The link we created was incredible, I was looking forward to returning.
My experience was different in the communities I worked with. In Cacalotepec, it took me time to catch up and understand the problems that are experienced in that secondary school. Earning the trust of third-party students also took several sessions. In the first session, we learned to make recycled paper, and in the second session, I showed them the technique used to make amateurs with banana leaves.
After these sessions, it was easier to interact with those of the first year of high school, I think they understood the craft paper technique quite quickly and I felt the two groups excited about the technique of home screen printing. I was thrilled to know that it was the first time that an artist worked in that secondary school and that in the future other projects could be carried out there since the trust was created with the director.
In the autism center of Puerto Escondido and the session in conjunction with the mobile library in San Isidro was the most enriching, both for me and for them. We managed to relate very well through a technique as beautiful as paper, and I understood the importance of community projects, however simple they may be. It was very satisfying to work with moms and autistic children at the same time and see how working with their hands reinforces their relationship and their experience with the world.
The sessions in these two communities, especially in San Isidro, were an explosion of energy and creativity. They wanted to learn new things, and if they had more cloth, they would have made paper for hours without stopping. The link we created was incredible, I was looking forward to returning.
