As I organize the Guatemala Embroidery Workshop Tour, I’m scanning and reflecting on past experiences leading enthusiasts to meet artists, artisans, and creatives in remote places around the world where makers live and work. I’ve always wanted to go beyond the superficial and dig deeper rather than skimming the surface on a bus that makes…
COMING UP: TAOS WOOLS FESTIVAL, October 3-4, 2026 The Taos Wools Festival takes place each year on the first weekend of October, Saturday and Sunday. This year, it will be held at Red Willow Park in the historic center of Taos, NM. It was formerly Kit Carson Park, renamed to honor the Taos Puebloans, who…
ABQ is shorthand for Albuquerque. In New Mexico, we all call it that. When we fly, we go to and from ABQ. I will participate in the Fiber Arts on 4th Pop-Up on Friday, August 21, from 10 am to 6 pm, and Saturday, August 22, from 10 am to 4 pm. I’ll be presenting…
Where did my adventure into textiles go deeper, beyond weaving on a table loom, experimenting with natural dyes, and tailoring jackets when I lived in San Francisco so many years ago? In 1972, I moved from there to my husband’s natal home of South Bend, Indiana. After I opened and closed Clay Kitchen, Inc., a…
Where did my adventure into textiles go deeper, beyond weaving on a table loom, experimenting with natural dyes, and tailoring jackets when I lived in San Francisco so many years ago? In 1972, I moved from there to my husband’s natal home of South Bend, Indiana. After I opened and closed Clay Kitchen, Inc., a…
What is WARP, you may ask? WARP is the acronym for Weave a Real Peace. The premise is that we can make and sustain each other through the love of textiles and the people who make them. I’ve been a member since 2017, when I organized their annual conference in Oaxaca. I renew, return, and…
Hello, friends. You are receiving this because you are a friend and follower of Oaxaca Cultural Navigator (OCN) LLC, which I founded in 2007. As we turned the clock to 2026, I gifted OCN to Eric Chavez Santiago and his wife, Elsa Sanchez Diaz. They will now be operating programs and workshops in Oaxaca this…
My friend Olga Reiche grows and dyes indigo in Antigua, Guatemala. I have visited her there with groups I have organized to learn, travel, and discover Maya textiles. Olga is in New Mexico to participate in the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market (IFAM) that starts tomorrow. She has been invited as Guatemala’s representative for…
