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The Huichol Art Project
In the remote mountains and canyons of Mexico’s Western Sierra Madre, the Huichol, or Wixárika, people live in an intact indigenous culture. Though they have had nearly constant contact with Western influences for nearly five centuries, they have maintained their traditional perspectives of the world around them.
The Huichol are renowned for their capacity to bring healing through their relationship with the sacred landscape. They perceive the sun, moon, wind and rain, the mountains and deserts, the springs, rivers and ocean, the plants and animals and the soil itself as divine manifestations in an intricately interwoven world of relationships.
The Huichol’s ancestral wisdom—the knowledge and maintenance of relationships with the living world—allows them to live well in the lands that hold them. As an essential aspect of maintaining relationship, they engage in pilgrimages and ceremonies, making offerings and prayers to the divine beings and forces. This helps restore balance. This brings favor and blessings to the people and all their relations.
They do this with great passion and attention to beauty. Their offerings are works of art made for the gods.
The Huichol are celebrated for the brilliance of their beadwork, yarn paintings and fiber art. The imagery of their art tells the stories of who they are, how they relate to each other and the living world. While some beadwork jewelry and yarn art are made to be sold, they all carry images and stories of their tradition.
The Huichol Art Project was formed in 2004 and administered by a group of mostly Euro-Americans who are called to follow the Huichol path of traditional shamanic healing. The group is recognized by the Huichol spiritual elders as belonging to the Huichol tradition. Their purpose is to bring deep healing, ceremony and a profound perspective of connection and relationship to our Western people.
The Huichol Art Project was founded as part of Blue Deer Center’s charitable giving to support the Huichol’s way of life. The Project travels several times a year to purchase directly from the Huichol artists. This financial support helps them engage their pilgrimages and maintain their obligations to their families, their village and the gods.
When you buy this beautiful art and jewelry, you support this ancient ancestral tradition.
Decorate your home and adorn your body with art and jewelry made to honor the divine living world. At Blue Deer Center, we offer a Huichol Art Gallery where a wide range of artwork is on display.
The Huichol Art Project
In the remote mountains and canyons of Mexico’s Western Sierra Madre, the Huichol, or Wixárika, people live in an intact indigenous culture. Though they have had nearly constant contact with Western influences for nearly five centuries, they have maintained their traditional perspectives of the world around them.
The Huichol are renowned for their capacity to bring healing through their relationship with the sacred landscape. They perceive the sun, moon, wind and rain, the mountains and deserts, the springs, rivers and ocean, the plants and animals and the soil itself as divine manifestations in an intricately interwoven world of relationships.
The Huichol’s ancestral wisdom—the knowledge and maintenance of relationships with the living world—allows them to live well in the lands that hold them. As an essential aspect of maintaining relationship, they engage in pilgrimages and ceremonies, making offerings and prayers to the divine beings and forces. This helps restore balance. This brings favor and blessings to the people and all their relations.
They do this with great passion and attention to beauty. Their offerings are works of art made for the gods.
The Huichol are celebrated for the brilliance of their beadwork, yarn paintings and fiber art. The imagery of their art tells the stories of who they are, how they relate to each other and the living world. While some beadwork jewelry and yarn art are made to be sold, they all carry images and stories of their tradition.
The Huichol Art Project was formed in 2004 and administered by a group of mostly Euro-Americans who are called to follow the Huichol path of traditional shamanic healing. The group is recognized by the Huichol spiritual elders as belonging to the Huichol tradition. Their purpose is to bring deep healing, ceremony and a profound perspective of connection and relationship to our Western people.
The Huichol Art Project was founded as part of Blue Deer Center’s charitable giving to support the Huichol’s way of life. The Project travels several times a year to purchase directly from the Huichol artists. This financial support helps them engage their pilgrimages and maintain their obligations to their families, their village and the gods. At Blue Deer Center, we offer a Huichol Art Gallery where a wide range of artwork is on display.
When you buy this beautiful art and jewelry, you support this ancient ancestral tradition. Decorate your home and adorn your body with art and jewelry made to honor the divine living world.
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