Join our dialogue: Let’s explore other forms of Maya resistance.

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Sunday, October 11, 2026 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern US Time, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Guatemalan Time

Jeff Cán Xicay (2004) is a Kaqchikel visual artist originally from Patzicía, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. His practice develops from the traditional textile craft, exploring its material and symbolic dimensions from a contemporary context.

“If you hear me speaking my language, if you see me wearing my Maya clothing, if you see me cultivating our garden or expressing my culture, and it makes you uncomfortable, perhaps you are on the wrong side of history. Because speaking my language, wearing my culture, cultivating our land, and living as Maya are also forms of resistance.”
— Grandmother Xhiv, Maya Ixil

“Si me escuchas hablar mi idioma, si me ves con mi ropa Maya, si me ves cultivando nuestro jardín o expresando mi cultura, y eso te incomoda, quizá estás del lado equivocado de la historia. Porque hablar mi idioma, vestir mi cultura, cultivar nuestra tierra y vivir como Maya también es una forma de resistencia.”
— Abuela Xhiv, Maya Ixil