Priscilla Dobler Dzul: Water Carries the Stories of Our Stars

Water Carries the Stories of our Stars is the expansive museum debut from artist Priscilla Dobler Dzul, who lives in Tacoma, Washington, and Yucatán, Mexico. The exhibition brings together an entirely new body of sculpture, textile, and video work to chart urgent stories of environmental devastation and cultural revitalization. Drawing from her Maya and multicultural heritage and building on years of research, the artist merges pre-Hispanic painting techniques, embroidered collaborations with Yucatec Maya elders, and regionally sourced materials to reflect on the loss of water and its consequences. From Mexican cenotes to Washington wetlands, Dobler Dzul’s work centers living waters as portals of cosmic ancestral knowledge. She calls on us to listen—to the birds, the winds, the elders—and to reimagine collective existence through the labor of craft.