"He got really intrigued with the way the Mayans worked in stone," Mr. Richards said.
HARTFORD Charter Oak Cultural Center "Tzolkin 0.1: An Interactive Exploration of the Mayan Calendar," multimedia works by Balam Soto.
In a single day in July 1562, a Spanish bishop advanced the cause of his God by ordering the collection and destruction of every Mayan manuscript and work or art that could be found, the treasure of 4,000 years of civilisation.
"If anything," says Aaron, "the hoopla around 2012 was a reservation when we came to work with Mayan myth.
Founded in 1950 by Danish archaeologist Frans Blom and his anthropologist and photographer wife, Gertrude Duby, the hotel houses an extensive collection of photographs and artefacts gathered from the couple's work with Mayan communities in the Lacandon jungle.
Nevelson also visited Latin America, and discovered influences for her work in Mayan ruins and the steles of Guatemala.
In a new segment called Content Spotlight, we'll show you some clever brands who worked the Mayan prophesy into videos, infographics and social media campaigns.
Standouts among their immensely varied works are the Mayan Jaina-style figures of A.D. 400 to 800.
From the Americas, along with pre-Columbian ceramic and clay figures, mainly Aztec and Mayan, from Mexico, the 32 works include Taino objects from the Caribbean and Inuit heads from Alaska.
Alan Held, a bass-baritone, produced exactly the right sepulchral tone for "Ecuatorial" (1934), an imaginative, quasiritualistic work based on Mayan writings, and using a pair of Theremins.
