Tlakuilolli: A Ceremonial Paint Gathering
Sunday, August 10, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
East Los Angeles
Tlakuilolli is a gathering where painting becomes prayer, storytelling becomes medicine, and creation becomes ceremony. This space invites you to reconnect with yourself, create with intention, and nourish your spirit through ritual and art. Engaging in creativity as a form of healing - each brushstroke an offering honoring the different versions of you that have died, carrying you to this moment. A portal of eternal birthing, channeling the essence of Cihuateotl, an invocation of your sacred self.
Experience includes
- Breathwork, Guided Visualization, Intention Setting
- Painting workshop led by Lilia Ramirez
- Plant based nourishment by Maíz Sazón Vegano
- Herbal teas by Jardín Xochipilli
- Closing Circle
Open to all, no artistic background needed.
All materials provided.
About Colectivo Cihuateotl
Colectivo Cihuateotl is an autonomous community centered organization deeply committed to empowering Black, Indigenous, Queer, Trans, Womxn, Femmes, Gender Expansive and or Gender Non-Conforming Folks of Color as they free themselves from deep seated colonial mentality, break cycles of internalized oppression and heal generations of trauma.
Our mission and vision is deeply rooted in the principles of self-determination towards the creation of an autonomous world for our communities - grounded in Indigenous ways. Colectivo Cihuateotl aims to support community members in reconnecting with their sacredness and reclaiming their sovereignty through cultura, arts, education, and wellness.
About Featured Artist Faciliator
Liliflor is an artist, muralist, cultural art educator, using art as a tool for healing and transformation. She’s an “artivist hybrid visionary” that has been at the forefront serving the community as an “artivist” since 1994. Currently her studio is housed at Kalli Luna Gallery, Art & Cultural Space in Boyle Heights, Ca., Liliflor's curated projects include: Sounds of Solidarity L.A. and Diosa Magic, a collective creation of artisans offering interactive cultural art workshops. She’s been featured in various book covers, magazine publications, and exhibited in musuems.
Liliflor’s strength lies in her bold approach in integrating Nahuatl cosmology aesthetics in her work. She brings knowledge of her indigenous roots to bear fruit in her art and integrative art healing workshops. Her workshops weave various subjects such as cultural traditions, visual storytelling, urban environments juxtaposed with indigenous cosmology and Los Angeles urban subcultures. Aesthetically, Liliflor’s work reproduces familiar visual symbols and iconography, which enables her to create a composition of multilayered visuals for storytelling, documentation, and healing.
Liliflor can be found at:
www.lililforart.com
www.soundsofsolidarity.org
