Free event for indigenous artists from Latin America

Indigenous healing artists will teach free ancestral techniques of spinning, dyeing and weaving
The objective this year is to highlight healing artists, generators of health and care for indigenous peoples of Latin America through textile art.

This is the fourth “Encounter of Textiles of Abyayala in Wallmapu and Aymar Uraquina”, a free event that will feature the participation of dozens of artists from indigenous peoples of Latin America, plus workshops, talks and demonstrations.

This year the event will take place in different centers and museums of the capital during the 4 days of the meeting.

In its fourth year of ceremony, the focus of the event is on health and care through textiles.

More than 10 artists from indigenous peoples from various areas of Chile, Peru, Mexico and Panama will attend the meeting.

In this way, attendees will be able to see Shipibo Conibo (Peruvian Amazon), Chancay (Lima, Peru), Chuñi Chuñuni (Cochabamba, Bolivia) Aimara (Arica, Chile), Amuzgo (Guerrero, Mexico), Guna (Panama City, Panama), Williche (Chiloé, Chile) and Mapuche.

Attendees will be able to participate in 7 workshops focused on various textile techniques, such as hand spinning, natural dyes, the backstrap loom or the kelwo (Williche loom).

The workshops last two days, include all materials, and cost 120 thousand pesos.

Specifically, the visual artist Loreto Millalén, creator of the Ad Llallin Mapuche Textile Art School, explains the importance of the symbolism of this event.

The aim is to "contribute to raising awareness about the knowledge and operational chains that support the life of textiles, and to make visible the network of interconnections of sciences, techniques, technologies and arts associated with the care sciences arising from textiles and their creation."

The event will take place from November 14 to 17, at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center (GAM), the Museo Taller, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Montecarmelo Cultural Center.

The inauguration will take place on Thursday 14 at 6:30 p.m., in Conference Room 2 of GAM, with a Master Lecture.
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