Anthony Artisans
Martha Gonzalez
When Martha came to the Women's Intercultural Center she immediately understood the unity of all the women at the Center. They all have one goal and that is to help each other. So she took a class in advanced oil painting. This is when she realized she could do something with her talent. She later participated and graduated from the Small Business Development Academy. She was taught the importance of having passion and spark. "I now know where I want to go and how to get there. I realize that I never took my talent as something important, until now because it is something I am good at and it makes me feel good. Now I can be focused on my goals and determined to get to them. I can now expand my horizon and explore the work of art and its beauty." says Martha. Her reignited passion and talent is demonstrated in her work.
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Price: $400
This painting incorporates what the Women's Intercultural Center is and what it does. Martha relates the desert to experiences that women go through, that sometimes makes them believe that they are alone. The painting reminds them that even desert plants and animals take the skills God has given them to do something big with them. THEY SURVIVE!
The women you see in the painting possess different skills that to some, might be insignificant. But in reality when they come together and share what they know these skills can be sharpened and with each others help they are able to climb rocks and stand firmly upon them.
As for the base of the trunk of the tree, these are the women who stand together, women who work hard to sustain the idea of what is the Women's Intercultural Center. It is a place that anyone is welcome and can come to be free to grow and flourish and excel. When we get to grow we are filled with happiness and can't help but pass it on to others who surround us. We also pass our experiences and our knowledge to our own fruit that are our children, the most important part of today and tomorrow.
Mireya Nelson
Mireya is a resident of the rural community of Chaparral, NM. Married with three (3) children, her dream is to start a family business. tarted out as a summer creative program for her daughter Arlett, who is hyperactive, generated the idea of making floral arrangements out of seeds and beans as it was a way to keep her daughter entertained. It was also a way to help the environment save water which floral arrangements require. Mireya and her family started making flowers with different seeds creating elegant floral arrangements. She and her daughters make the flowers and her husband and son make the wooden bases made out of recycled wood. Mireya came to the Women's Intercultural Center as a participant of its Small Business Development Academy where she learned to develop her products. Admire Karla's Creations (this is the name the family has chosen for their business) handiwork and creativity below: