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Join Zapotec textile artist Porifirio Gutiérrez for a special workshop and demonstration.This is a paid event and in order to register you must sign up here: https://giving.ucla.edu/Standard/NetDonate.aspx?SiteNum=5311
The red pigment of the cochineal insect has influenced cultures and artistic practices throughout the world since the 16th century. Porfirio Gutiérrez approaches cochineal as a means of engaging with ancestral knowledge, collective memory, and personal experience of migration and displacement. Join the Zapotec textile artist and natural dyer for a special workshop and demonstration, learn about the rich history of cochineal, and create your own colored scarf. $180 for members; $200 general admission; limited spaces available. This workshop is open to all levels of knowledge. All tools, supplies, and materials are included with payment. Participation for the entire duration of the workshop is required.
Porfirio Gutiérrez is a California-based Zapotec textile artist and natural dyer, born in 1978 and raised in the historic Zapotec textile community of Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico. Porifirio grew up immersed in color, surrounded by the wildness of Oaxaca’s mountains, and steeped in the knowledge of plants used for healing and coloring. He has devoted his life’s work to revitalizing and preserving traditional Zapotec natural dye techniques and reinterpreting traditional textiles and materials.
Image: Porfirio Gutiérrez in residence in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022; Photo Javier Lazo Gutiérrez
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308 Charles E Young Drive North,Los Angeles,90024,US, 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States,Los Angeles, California, Beverly Hills
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