Cerros de las Caritas de los Indios

Utilizing and incorporating artists of color, specifically Afro-Latinos, in our field will allow their work to live on and give us broader representation. 
Dominican and Haitian artists have captured historical, familial, and emotional moments that have inspired generations to come. Their works serve as a window into the different facets of graphic design throughout the vast time periods on the island of Hispaniola.

These cave carvings done by the Taino Tribe during the 11th to 15th centuries give us the perspective of the Indigenous tribes around this era and their interaction with the world. The petroglyphs can be tied to Guarocuya, a Taino rebel known as “Enriquillo” by the Spanish, who is said to have camped in these caves. Studying the history of graphic communication and tracing it back to these carvings depicting faces in a repetitive pattern can give archaeologists context about human evolution, colonization, and the development of art in the Caribbean.