Priscilla dobler dzul

Priscilla Dobler Dzul is an interdisciplinary storyteller, from Yucatan, Mexico currently living in Tacoma, WA. As a child, she spent her summers cleaning apartments with her mother. She witnessed first-hand physically forced evictions, domestic violence, racism, and sexism towards members of her community, family, and self. These themes recur in Priscilla’s artwork. Priscilla’s Maya grandpa and Scottish-German grandparents took her to painting and pottery classes. Taught her how to garden while studying native plants. Her Scottish Grandma Ruby introduced her to the industrial rope Henequen and told her how shipping yards in Glasgow imported them from Yucatan. Her Maya grandfather told her oral stories of Maya warriors and folklore. Her Maya aunties helped her with sewing projects. It’s through these experiences of labor, love, and resilience that Priscilla understood the importance of community and how craft and folk art both shows our stories and our relationship to the ecosystems.