Past Events

• Nov. 3 - 6, 2011
• • Maiwa Textile Symposium Workshop: Tapestry Weaving: Zapotec Traditions
    Maiwa Loft, Net Loft, Granville Island, Vancouver British Columbia
    For More information: http://www.maiwa.com/home/workshops/index.htm

• MADISON AREA EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH VISIT BY ZAPOTEC WEAVER ERASTO ¨TITO¨ MENDOZA: Tito Mendoza is one of Oaxaca's finest weavers. Originally from Teotitlán del Valle, Tito was a weaver for the world renowned La Mano Mágico. Lila Downs has commissioned numerous pieces from Tito which are used in her performances and PR. His work ¨Aires Zapotecos¨ was a finalist in the VI International Biannale of Contemporary Textile Art Tito and his wife Ale now own the store El Nahual in the historic center of Oaxaca. More information about Tito and his work can be seen at: http://elnahualfolkart.blogspot.com/   Friday October 7th 5:00 pm Centro Hispano http://micentro.org/ 810 Badger Road Madison WI Screening (in Spanish with English subtitles) Visiting Zapotec weaver, Tito Mendoza who is featured in the film will be at the event to show his work and to talk about his art.   Monday October 10th 7:00 pm Madison Weaver`s Guild Oakwood Village on Mineral Point Rd (Westmoreland Room in Heritage Oaks Building) Screening (in English) Visiting Zapotec weaver, Tito Mendoza who is featured in the film will be at the event to show his work and to talk about his art.   Tuesday October 11th 3:30 pm University of Wisconsin-Whitewater University Center room 266 Whitewater, Wisconsin Screening (in Spanish with English subtitles) Visiting Zapotec weaver, Tito Mendoza who is featured in the film will be at the event to show his work and to talk about his art.

  Friday September 23
  

• 1:00 pm
  • Wisconsin Science Festival 
    Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
    330 N. Orchard St. Madison WI
    Screening (in English)
    For more information: http://discovery.wisc.edu/home/discovery/events/events-home.cmsx
• September 22 – 23
• • European Textile Network Conference
    Kaunas Lithuania
  • Lecture
    For More information: http://www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm

• July 13 and July 16
  
• • Screening and Lecture: Madison Early Music Festival 
    UW Madison, Madison WI
    For More Information: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/memf/

• June 10, 2011

• Surface Design Association International Textile Conference
  Minneapolis MN 
  For more info: http://www.surfacedesign.org/subpage/events

• June 2, 2011

Museo Textil de Oaxaca
Estreno (En Español con subtítulos íngleses)
http://www.museotextildeoaxaca.org.mx/

• April 29, 2011
  • UW - Madison Alumni Weekend Events
  • Lecture: Behind the Scenes of Woven Lives: Spinning the Tale
  • Film Screening of Woven LIves (English)
  • For more information: gevans@waastaff.com
  April 23, 2011
  • World Premiere and Celebration
  • Univesity of Wisconsin-Madison
  • For more information: UW LACIS
• November 16, 2010
• Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin
• Lecture: Behind the Scenes: Vidas Entretejidas/Woven Lives
• September 6, 2010
  • First Encounter of the Ibero-American Textile Network
  • San José, Costa Rica
  • Lecture: Vidas Entretejidas: Pre-release Presentation