Cultural Loss and Revitalization
ATA’s mission statement is focused on helping the people of the Andes preserve and revitalize their textile traditions. What does
ATA’s mission statement is focused on helping the people of the Andes preserve and revitalize their textile traditions. What does
“Native peoples do not look for salvation from worlds beyond. . .The greatest of spiritual mysteries may be revealed just
Around the world, indigenous people are bearing a heavy burden from COVID-19. For many native peoples, coronavirus is a double-whammy:
As I watched Timoteo, a master weaver after more than forty-five years, work with the weavers in his Peruvian community,
Memories flood back: Trying to get the rhythm of my grandmother’s treadle sewing machine when she taught me how to
From the moment our plane banked over the Andes in the final turn for the landing in Cusco, I was
As I sit in the Andes at 12,000 feet, the sun is clear and piercing while weavers work. In clear
Textile tours of all kinds can make a weaver out of you. It certainly did for Andean Textile Arts (ATA)
Last month I spent a week in Madrid at COP25, the twenty-fifth conference of the parties who signed on to
Two years ago, I left my country, Peru, to do a MFA in Fiber and Material Studies at the School
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