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Artisan Stories, FeaturedFebruary 28, 2019<February 28, 2019 Alejandro Chavez, healing the pain of tragedy with Ayacuchan retablos by Gunther Felix Alejandro Chavez began learning the art of Ayacuchan retablos, or dioramas, at a very young age. But a war forced him to awaken from…