Posts tagged with "Lago de Atitlan"

THE ATITLÁN PROJECT

USING ART AND DESIGN AS CATALYSTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE IN GUATEMALA. Filling a crater surrounded by conical volcanic peaks, Guatemala’s Lago de Atitlán – Central America’s deepest lake – has been a center for colorful textile production since Mayan times. Local women still wear the traditional huipil dress, patterned with iconography derived from the natural […]