THREADS OF LIFE
Mayan Community Mural
Threads of Life
Mayan Community Mural
Back of Kubat's Pharmacy
2401 N St, Omaha, NE 68107
Artists
Communidad Maya Pixan Ixim and Friends. Jair Rodriguez.
Ilaamen Pelshaw. Richard Harrison. Gary Kastrick. Hugo Zamorano.
2019
Follow the fabric through three loops: past, present, and future. Within the stitches you can find stories of the sorrow, strength, and hope of the Mayan Community in South Omaha. This mural coincided with the production of “EPIC” a play written by Ellen Struve that tells the story of local teenagers who paint a mural that connects their lives, ancestry, and the sacred Mayan text, the Popol Vuh. Communidad Maya Pixan Ixim helped to write, perform, design, and paint these stories of their indigenous culture and history.
During the time we were collaborating with the Mayan Community, they were busy producing a play entitled EPIC, written by Ellen Struve for the Great Plains Theater Conference. The community helped write, design, and act in the play that revolved around a young muralist trying to understand her heritage through the epic creation story of the Popul Vuh. It was a truly surreal experience to see a play about creating a mural with the community that we were working with. One of our artists was even an actor in the production!
PARTNERS
Nebraska Arts Council
South Omaha Historical Fund
South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance
Omaha Community Foundation
© 2020 A Midsummer's Mural / The South Omaha Mural Project