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The Colonias Development Council has a sets
of three cards for sale for $5 each package. The proceeds
from the sales benefit the work of the Colonias Development
Council. If you are interested in purchasing cards please call
our office at (575) 647-2744.
The cards show three paintings by Preciliana Sandoval, a local
artist from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She is a sixth-generation
native of southern New Mexico. She says of her art, "Yo hago lo
que me da la gana. I paint what I please. I am self-taught- my
education paid for in late book fees from the Branigan Public
Library in Las Cruces. My professors were Diego Rivera, Frida
Kahlo, Miguel Covarrubias and Georgia O'Keefe."
 "César
Chávez" by Precilina Sandoval
"Once a social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot
uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot
humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the
people who are not afraid anymore."
-César Chávez (Farmworker, organizer, founder of the United Farm
Workers)
"Chile Pickers" by Preciliana Sandoval
Chile crops contribute 60-100 million dollars annually to New
Mexico's economy. In southern New Mexico about 10,000 farm
workers spend part of the year picking chile peppers. Most of
them have no health insurance or retirement plan. Currently,
many of these workers are losing their jobs due to the
mechanization of the chile crop.
"Rito Medina" by Preciliana Sandoval
ˇNo solo una estrella, pero una estrella muy brillante!
Trusted teacher, friend, and founder of Tierra del Sol Housing,
Inc, one of the leader producers of affordable housing in the
Southwest. Mr. Medina, who died in 2004, worked for over fifty
years to help build better communities in Southern New Mexico.
Says one admirer: "The most vulnerable people, be they children
of the working poor, the elderly, the farm workers, displaced
women, were special to Mr. Medina's heart. His work was directed
to improving their condition."
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