Name: Ja weya ob’aj wij · ex weya nchemaj / MI HISTORIA · MI TELAR / My Story · My Weaving
Start: 2026-04-11T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-11T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Medicine for Nightmares

$Ja weya ob\u2019aj wij \u00b7 ex weya nchemaj \/ MI HISTORIA \u00b7 MI TELAR \/ My Story \u00b7 My Weaving$

Una exhibición de telares creados por el Grupo Artista Telar Maya Mam.
Acompáñanos a una exposición de tejidos en telar de cintura creados por mujeres Maya Mam de los municipios de Xjan Xwan Atitan, Chimb’al y Torasant, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
El poder de la mujer indígena se teje en cada hilo.
Cada hilo guarda memoria.
Cada color es territorio.
Cada telar es una historia viva.
Ja weya ob’aj wij · ex weya nchemaj reúne tejidos realizados por mujeres Maya Mam, donde el acto de tejer es también un acto de narrar, resistir y preservar conocimiento ancestral. En cada pieza habita la continuidad de la lengua, la tierra y la comunidad.
Aunque estamos lejos de nuestra tierra ancestral, seguimos honrando nuestras tradiciones de tejido y creando nuevas prácticas en la diáspora.
El telar es fuerza, es raíz, es resistencia viva.
Producida por NAKA Dance Theater
En colaboración con Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore
3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA
01 Abril – 10 Mayo 2026
Recepción de inauguración: Sabado 11 Abril, 2-6 pm
Recepción de clausura: Sabado, 9 Mayo, 2-6 pm
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An exhibition of textiles created by the Grupo Artista Telar Maya Mam.
Join us for an exhibition of Maya Mam backstrap weaving textiles created by women weavers from Xjan Xwan Atitan, Chimb'al and Torasant, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
The power of Indigenous women is woven in each thread.
Each thread holds a memory.
Each color is a territory.
Each textile is a living history.
Ja weya ob’aj wij · ex weya nchemaj brings together textiles made by Maya Mam women, where the act of weaving is also an act of storytelling, resisting erasure, and preserving ancestral knowledge. In each piece resides the continuity of language, land, and community. Although we are far from our ancestral land, we continue to honor our weaving traditions and create new practices in the Diaspora.
Our weaving is our strength; it is our roots; it is our living resistance.
Produced by NAKA Dance Theater
In collaboration with Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore
3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA
April 1 - May 10, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 2-6 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 9, 2-6 pm
*ASL Interpretation and Haptic Tour available for Opening and Closing receptions. Please RSVP if possible so we can arrange for the appropriate language: [email protected]

Photo: Scott Tsuchitani
Ja weya ob’aj wij · ex weya nchemaj / MI HISTORIA · MI TELAR / My Story · My Weaving is funded, in part, by the California Arts Council, CE Artist & Creative Grant, Akonadi Foundation, The Center for Cultural Power, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Fleishhacker Foundation, and Kenneth Rainin Foundation.