On July 14, Mi Valedor hosted a Fanzine Workshop at Museo Jumex as part of the exhibition Football and Art: The Same Emotion. During the session, participants created football-inspired fanzines to share stories, ideas, and reflections drawn from their own experiences.
Football and Art: The Same Emotion explores football as a cultural, social, and political phenomenon in the context of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Inspired by this premise, Mi Valedor invited participants to create their own fanzines based on personal experiences, approaching football as a language capable of connecting vastly different stories.
The workshop brought together a group of older adults. From the museum terrace, where the activity took place, participants could see the large screen broadcasting the day’s matches, allowing the games to become part of the experience itself. While some followed the action on the field, others wrote, drew, and assembled their fanzines.
Many of the phrases and reflections committed to paper might have seemed like simple workshop exercises, but they revealed something much deeper: personal histories, lived experiences, and traces of journeys that are both individual and, undeniably, collective. Among the magazine clippings, handwritten notes, and collages, one phrase stood out: “War cannot stop us from creating and imagining.”
Among the many hardships the world faces today, one seems to grow more persistent: the tendency toward conflict, especially when it becomes collective and widespread. Moments like this remind us that nothing can extinguish our capacity to create. Creating remains a way of responding. An artistic intervention, in any form, may not transform reality overnight, but it keeps alive the possibility of imagining a different future. And sometimes, that possibility is exactly what we need.
This collaboration between Mi Valedor and Museo Jumex continues to grow through workshops and activities designed for diverse audiences. The museum’s Education Department remains committed to creating spaces that bring culture closer to older adults, neurodivergent people, and anyone eager to discover new forms of learning, expression, and engagement with the world.
Mi Valedor extends its sincere thanks to Museo Jumex’s Education Department for making these gatherings—where art, community, and creativity come together—possible. We also thank valedora Emigdia Hernández for joining and contributing to this workshop.
Mi Valedor took part in the Pride edition of the Espacio Fotográfico Bazaar, a cultural and artistic gathering held at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl. Throughout the weekend, the team shared the space with a wide range of independent artists and visual projects, reinforcing the organization’s presence at events that celebrate diversity, foster inclusion, and strengthen community connections.
On June 23, the Mi Valedor team took part in a special guided tour at the Museum of Modern Art. As they explored the galleries, the group had the opportunity to discover one of the most significant private collections of Mexican art from the twentieth century, while sharing an enriching experience of learning and community.
Music, art, and diversity came together on June 5 during a fundraising evening in support of Manos Amigues LGBTQ+ Community Center. The event brought together artists, community organizations, and attendees in a celebration dedicated to strengthening safe spaces and supporting grassroots initiatives that promote inclusion and provide care and support sexual and gender diversity.
Mi Valedor took part in the Pride edition of the Espacio Fotográfico Bazaar, a cultural and artistic gathering held at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl. Throughout the weekend, the team shared the space with a wide range of independent artists and visual projects, reinforcing the organization’s presence at events that celebrate diversity, foster inclusion, and strengthen community connections.
On June 23, the Mi Valedor team took part in a special guided tour at the Museum of Modern Art. As they explored the galleries, the group had the opportunity to discover one of the most significant private collections of Mexican art from the twentieth century, while sharing an enriching experience of learning and community.
Music, art, and diversity came together on June 5 during a fundraising evening in support of Manos Amigues LGBTQ+ Community Center. The event brought together artists, community organizations, and attendees in a celebration dedicated to strengthening safe spaces and supporting grassroots initiatives that promote inclusion and provide care and support sexual and gender diversity.
