by Bethany Jones
Lisa Gordillo (VPA), (pictured on the left in the photo) traveled to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala for her recent exhibition at the Centro Cultural Efrain Recinos, July 15 – Aug. 1. She also worked on an installation for Tierra Adentro, the International Poetry Festival of Aguacatan, where she created a sculpture in the Rio San Juan.
Michigan Tech Alumna Hannah Fisher, ‘17, (on the right in the photo) who graduated with a minor in visual art, joined Gordillo to help with the river sculpture (which involved sewing corn husks together in the water) and to join the Aguacatan Poetry Festival also as an artist in residence. The river sculpture, called “Chuchos del Rio,” was created to be part of a conversation about immigration, as part of the poetry festival.