Words by Kate Meadows. This article appeared first in Art Currently magazine and has been generously shared with Grupo Cajolá. Nivia Hernandez, She whistles before the birds wake up to sing/Ella silba antes de que los pájaros se levanten para cantar, 2025. Produce bag netting, UV print on wood, wooden clip, house paint, 5 in x 11 1/2 in. Courtesy of Gallery Bergen. Late last year, four Guatemalan artists came together in an exhibition to benefit the humanitarian organizatio

“Telas de Solidaridad” was a group exhibition organized by Grupo Cajolá and Gallery Bergen featuring five Guatemalan artists. Their work explores identity, migration, ancestral memory, and the shared pursuit of dignity and opportunity. The exhibition opened at the beautiful Gallery Bergen in the Bergen County Community College, Paramus, New Jersey on Thursday, December 11, 2025. It is open through February 5, 2025. www.gallery.bergen.edu One of the participating artist Melid

Melida Rodas Melida Rodas remembers as a child when she said goodbye to the greenery and volcano of her home in Guatemala and exchanged it for the concrete of New York City spending hours on a Greyhound bus to get to the Port Authority. Like many immigrants both children and adults she experienced tremendous culture shock. Hence when she heard the story of the formation of Grupo Cajola and our mission she felt it was her story. She grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey and graduated

Muralist Marlon Davila recently visited Cajola and with widespread interest from the community, painted a mural in the city center. Ninety students from the local middle school (INEB), Grupo Cajola scholarship students, and Grupo Cajola board members participated in the project. Cajola’s Mayor Fidel Lucas offered a prominent wall within the town hall for the work. Davila holds a degree in Fine Arts from Princeton University. His works are an evolution of pop art with a l