Local artist and community partner Veronica Olivares-Weber led two Mexican embossed metal workshops dedicated to empowering individuals and diaspora communities through collective art-making and cultural preservation. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the two events were hosted by the Lewis Center for the Arts and cosponsored by Princeton Humanities Initiative, Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES), Department of Art & Archaeology, and Princeton Latin American Student Association.
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Veronica Olivares-Weber leads a Mexican embossed metal workshop on Sept. 25, titled, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture." Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," work on their creations. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," work on their creations. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," work on their creations. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," work on their creations. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Veronica Olivares-Weber leads a Mexican embossed metal workshop on Sept. 25, titled, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture." Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," work on their creations. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
A participant in the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture," holds up their artwork. Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Veronica Olivares-Weber poses with participants of the Sept. 25 embossed metal workshop, "Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture.” Photo by Zohar Lavi-Hasson
Participants in the Oct. 5 metal embossing workshop, "Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism," work on their creations. Photo courtesy Veronica Olivares-Weber
Veronica Olivares-Weber leads a Mexican embossed metal workshop on Oct. 5, titled, "Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism." Photo courtesy Veronica Olivares-Weber
Participants in the Oct. 5 metal embossing workshop, "Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism," work on their creations. Photo courtesy Veronica Olivares-Weber
Veronica Olivares-Weber leads a Mexican embossed metal workshop on Oct. 5, titled, "Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism." Photo courtesy Veronica Olivares-Weber
Participants of the Oct. 5 embossed metal workshop, "Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism" hold up their artwork. Photo courtesy Veronica Olivares-Weber
The first embossed metal workshop on Sept. 25, “Celestial Motifs in Metal: Embossing Indigenous Cosmologies and Material Culture,” drew its inspiration from Mexican design motifs and the Oct. 5 event, “Tin Love Letters: Embossing Memory, Emotion & Cultural Symbolism,” used Mexican cultural symbolism.
About Veronica Olivares-Weber
Veronica Olivares-Weber, originally from Mexico, is a teaching artist and community organizer whose work spans more than two decades at the intersection of art, education, and social justice. Deeply connected to her heritage, her practice is rooted in preserving Latin American art traditions, storytelling, and community empowerment through the arts. Olivares-Weber is a faculty member at the Arts Council of Princeton, where she teaches visual arts and leads creative programming for the Princeton Young Achievers after-school initiative.
