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Product Identifiers

PublisherThrums LLC

ISBN-100999051784

ISBN-139780999051788

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038464650

Product Key Features

Book TitleRug Money : How a Group of Maya Women Changed Their Lives Through Art and Innovation

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicNonprofit Organizations & Charities / Fundraising & Grants, General, Women's Studies

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics

AuthorCheryl Conway-Daly, Mary Anne Wise

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height8.5 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-931448

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The book's strength lies in its stunning photos and the personal narratives of 10 women who find self-worth, camaraderie and joy in a sisterhood of artisans." --Christine Brunkhorst, book reviewer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, "This landmark publication is a remarkable testimonial to the power of art to transform lives. The most compelling and unique impact of this project is illuminated through the women's personal narratives, which describe the changes in their self-perception as they became successful artists." --Roxane Shaughnessy, Senior Curator, Textile Museum of Canada, " Rug Money provides a stellar example of why entrepreneurial opportunities such as Multicolores can transform individual artisans, their families, and entire communities. Read their story and be inspired." --Jeff Snell, Ph.D, CEO, International Folk Art Market, "Their colourful rugs reflect their culture and experience and are beautiful works of art. Filled with stunning photographs, this book is about people being good to each other, growing and learning, and that is a beautiful thing." --Deanne Fitzpatrick, internationally acclaimed rug-hooking artist and award-winning author, "You might start to read this book out of a passion for textiles in general, or rugs in specific, but you'll finish it because it says so much about how to do some good in this world." --Keith Recker, founder Hand/Eye magazine; Creative Director, International Folk Art Market, " Rug Money is a template, a literal "how to" for social and economic change. And the leading indicator is the education and employment of women. Giving women agency, as Rug Money shows, means great promise for impoverished communities across the globe." --Amy Kaslow, award-winning journalist and photographer covering at-risk communities, worldwide

Photographed byCoca, Joe

Dewey Decimal746.74

SynopsisRecognizing the dire need for more income-generating opportunities for Maya women in Guatemala, an accomplished American textile artist volunteered to teach one rug-hooking class. What follows is a surprising and heartening story about artistry, creative economies, and how access to opportunity truly does change lives. At the heart of Rug Money is the work of artist Mary Anne Wise and her committed team at Multicolores, the rug-hooking nonprofit they formed in Guatemala. In a moving narrative, Mary Anne describes how she created a curriculum for teaching art and design based on her Maya students' needs and abilities, while honoring their culture, and how they later brought their rugs to the famed International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe to much acclaim and successful sales. Rug Money celebrates the extraordinary achievement of Multicolores in creating community, education, and empowerment. While there was no business plan at the outset, the success of Multicolores serves as a model for how to organize and advance a nonprofit while effecting powerful social change.

LC Classification NumberTT850.W475 2018