Elizabeth Catlett, the great American sculptor and the first woman to ever teach fine art at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) died yesterday. Meeting her and getting to spend time with her was one of the most rewarding experiences of my and Margot´s nearly seven years in Mexico. She and her artwork exuded Humanity in its broadest, most generous capital "H" sense. Elizabeth Catlett was smart, funny and non-judgemental, a person who, to quote Thoreau, "live[d] deep and suck[ed] the marrow out of life."
Here is an article that I wrote about her in 2006, entitled Rock of Ages.
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