Maestrxs Atelier:
This Maestras Atelier is made of a wide range of artists from seasoned to emerging and with varying experiences in screen-printing from well versed to new to the medium. The artists were chosen for the bold attitudes displayed in their creative practices. It was the intention of this atelier to highlight those voices and their thoughts in this strange time of rethinking our lives and creative practices. Because of the pandemic, these artists have all worked with SHG in varying capacities to complete a screenprint for the Maestras Atelier.

Artist Biography:
Born in Gallup, and raised in Corrales, New Mexico and Chinli, Arizona, Chacon began as a graffiti artist at 16, and continued as such for the next ten years. With the birth of her son, she began exploring other mediums, including oil painting. Occasionally, Nani has returned to painting murals, such as for the International ISEA Arts and Technology Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and for the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. Through the female archetypes in her work, she explores the ideas of feminism, culture, traditions, and modernism, evoking a dialogue between culture and the contemporary social perspective. She also creates an environment in which traditional ideas and the current cultural climate intermingle.