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Work in Process: Unbidden

Nancy Kay TurnerWork In Progress: Artist mixed media book: 2018/2023 14” x 11”This empty sketch book was dyed continuously in rainwater/ink/metallic pigmentfor over one year. Pages stuck and tore becoming ever more stubbornly presenteven if damaged or per ...

Nancy-Studio

Nancy Kay Turner

Contact: Instagram Nancy Kay Turner is a visual artist, art critic, and founder of the art collective Hana Kark.  She is an accidental archivist and alchemist using humble materials to tell stories. She has bee ...

Resources for 360 Xochi Quetzal Writers

Ajijic and Chapala have long been a mecca for writers. Some of the famous luminaries include D.H. Lawrence, Neill James, Sybille Bedford, Somerset Maugham and Tennessee Williams. For the last 40+ years, there has been an active writing community in Ajijic ...

MJS in studio

Merridee Joan Smith

I love fiber arts – the history, beauty, tactile quality and variety – the common thread that links my hands to those of so many in the past. I am again focusing on silk painting and felt making,though I also enjoy botanical printing and ...

BIPOC Annie artist portrait

Annie McCone-Lopez

Contact: Instagram Wordpress Annie McCone-Lopez, Second Runner-Up of the first 360 Xochi Quetzal BIPOC Residency in Visual Art LA-based visual artist Annie McCone-Lopez explores her Mexican heritage and the sacred feminine using colorful Mexican ...

BIPOC Karen Miranda Augustine artist portrait

Karen Miranda Augustine

Karen Miranda Augustine, First Runner-Up of the first 360 Xochi Quetzal BIPOC Residency in Writing Canadian writer and mixed-media artist Karen Miranda Augustine was our first Runner-Up in Writing. Her coming-of-age manuscript was g ...