3-14-2023 Valentín introduced me to indigenous leaders from Pa Ipai, Kiliwa, Kumiai, and Cucapá tribes in Baja. They gathered several times a year for ceremonies and artisan fairs. Pa Ipai Elder, Josefina Ochurte, opened this gathering of the elders with ceremonial smudging. She fanned participants with smoke from sage sticks using a large feather. At […]
Author: Sue Niyazi McDevitt
How I Met my Mexican Lover
2/14/2023 The moment Valentín Torres Hernández pulled me into him and put his arm around me for this photo, the hair on my arms stood up and my body tingled all over. Instant attraction? Did he feel it too? I was drawn to the bright colors of a single-story building near the bay in Ensenada – yellow and […]
Homage to World Renown Mata Ortiz Potter: Juan Quezada Celado
I’d like to acknowledge Juan Quezada’s contribution to the arts in Mexico. On December 1, 2022, Juan Quezada died in a tragic auto accident near his ranch in Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 82. All who knew him, offer our sympathies to his family, pottery making friends, galleries, cultural promoters and museums […]
How Nature Inspired my Art Studio in Baja
Sue Niyazi McDevitt October 31, 2022 In 1985 I had a boring job in San Diego and found myself longing for a life near the ocean. I created a vision board and dreamed I was living near the Pacific in a home with a splendid ocean view. Little did I know that my dream would […]