by administrator | Mar 21, 2021 | 2020
In the spring of 2020, as Guatemalan communities were being impacted by covid-19, Yuyi was asked by Child Aid to make a video that they could share with Guatemalan children participating in their school programs who were having a hard time coping with social...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2020
Yuyi negotiated with the municipal government of her hometown, Xalapa, Veracruz, to get the necessary permissions for a local artist to paint a four wall mural at one of the local mercados. Yuyi also provided financing for the artist to purchase materials to paint...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2020
The Fresno County Library’s Mobile Literacy Unit will be driving the rural roads of Fresno County for anywhere from 10 to 15 years. The role of this mobile literacy unit is to bring books and information to children and families for whom getting to the library...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2020
Yuyi participated in the Highlights Foundation’s Essential Conversations seminar in the fall of 2020, Dismantling the Kaleidoscope, where she developed the concept of the Anti-bias Book Bearer. An Anti-bias Book Bearer is a reader who actively questions their...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2020
In 2019, the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abeline, Texas, presented the first ever solo exhibit of Yuyi’s work, Soñadora. This exhibit consists of over 50 original pieces of Yuyi’s art and traces her development and...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2020
The Norman Rockwell Museum invited to Yuyi to contribute original artwork for its exhibit, Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys. Art from Dreamers was presented in this exhibition alongside work from artists Frances Jetter, David Macaulay, and James McMullan....
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