Artwork copyright Letra Chueca Press. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Everything Time Studio, 2024.

Artwork copyright Letra Chueca Press. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2025.

EVERYTHING WE NEED SIEMPRE HA ESTADO AQUI, 2020

Letra Chueca Press
Camila Araya (Chilean ) - Daniela Del Mar (American )

Location: Evergreen Middle School, Kent

About the Artwork

EVERYTHING WE NEED SIEMPRE HA ESTADO AQUI by Letra Chueca Press is inspired by our Mother Earth, in thanks for everything she has if we pay attention. It features comfrey, a medicinal plant known as a powerful healer. Comfrey can also be a symbol of resilience as it is a hard plant to get rid of, because if even a little piece of its roots are left, it will grow back. This large linocut print was printed using a steamroller.

This artwork is part of a curated collection by Asia Tail in April 2024 for three Federal Way Public Schools in South King County. Asia chose graphic works that are as bold and diverse as the students, by artists with ties to South Puget Sound. Images of language, people, and the natural world create a poem for this place where students live and learn. She notes, "School is a place where we can connect with new families. And families are always strongest when working together."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Federal Way Public Schools.

About the Artist

Letra Chueca Press is the work of artist team Camila Araya and Daniela del Mar. Their work blends traditional book and graphics arts processes with socio-political and environmental confrontation. They center queer spaces and ancestral ways of knowing to connect in a variety of forms: concrete poetry, community book arts education, collaborative place-based projects, and public printing interventions. They have co-founded the Poetry Salon Broadside Project, a print and poetry gift economy series highlighting QT/+BIPOC writers and a Spanglish project exploring transborder identity and Latine community printing practices.