Yampolsky, Mariana

After studying art at the University of Chicago, she traveled to Mexico where she enrolled in the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking "La Esmeralda." In 1954, she became a naturalized Mexican citizen. She was one of the first women to join the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Commissioned by Hannes Meyer, she created portraits of some workshop artists for inclusion in the book "Twelve Years of the Taller de Gráfica Popular." Always socially committed, she found her voice through art. She was a founder and professor at the Center for Foreign Language Teaching at IPN; co-editor of the Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana; collaborated with the Center for Craft Research and the National Commission for Free Textbooks; and also served as editor of the SEP's Colibrí collection. She was a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Together with Leopoldo Méndez, she co-edited "The Ephemeral and the Eternal in Mexican Folk Art," a compilation of the life, dance, ceremonies, and creativity of rural people. Her images were published in the books: "The House Sings," "The House in the Land," "The Root and the Path," "Tlacotalpan," "Estancias del Olvido," and "The Edge of Time."