MUSEO TEXTIL DE OAXACA
My online presence has been a little sparse these days as I run around Vancouver trying to get set up with S&C. I've been spending quite a bit of time online searching listings for studio spaces and getting in touch with people in the city and yesterday I stumbled on to this exhibit at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca on the Maiwa blog. On our trip to Oaxaca last year we had a peek at this space and I have to say it is one of my favourite experiences I have had in Mexico to date. The museum is housed in a gorgeous refurbished Spanish colonial building with clean rooms exhibiting handmade textiles (when I was there it was a show on the history of saddle blankets) and dye techniques. In the back there is an open courtyard used for weaving, dye and embroidery workshops - basically a little slice of textile heaven right in the heart of Oaxaca City.
The current exhibit is of work gathered from the youth of the surrounding weaving villages (ages 8 to 20) all of whom have taken up their families tradition of weaving and are making it their own. If you are visiting Oaxaca in 2013 make sure to spend some time at this gorgeous textile treasure...
Images from myself, Maiwa and the Museo Textil de Oaxaca
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Oaxaca's textile museum is a treasure...some photos from a show they had about indigenous textiles.
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Let me know if you'd ever like to organize a textile tour down there.
I was just in Oaxaca and after having read about its textile museum a while ago here on Scout & Catalogue, it was on the top of my list of places to visit.
And I loved it! I saw this exhibition as well as one about the qualities of modern women that was tied to discussions about global feminism. Such a gem of a museum!
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