{"id":2930,"date":"2012-04-26T05:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2012-04-25T08:17:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:17:49","slug":"the-future-of-tradition-weavers-of-oaxaca-mexico-connect-their-future-with-their-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/26\/the-future-of-tradition-weavers-of-oaxaca-mexico-connect-their-future-with-their-past\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Tradition: Weavers of Oaxaca, Mexico Connect Their Future with Their Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oaxacaculture.com\/tag\/federico-chavez-sosa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\" http:\/\/oaxacaculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BRichard32-724x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, May 10 at 12pm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthclub.org\/events\/2012-05-10\/future-tradition-weavers-oaxaca-mexico-connect-their-future-their-past\">The Commonwealth Club of California<\/a> in San Francisco will play host to the Chavez Santiago family of the &#8220;famed weaving village of Teotitlan de Valle presents its story of this ancient art form, a family, a culture and preserving a way of life across generations.&#8221; The New York Times travel writer Freda Moon included them in her article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/15\/travel\/36-hours-oaxaca-mexico.html\">36 Hours: Oaxaca,  Mexico<\/a>\u201d in January (they also have a wonderful slideshow that includes some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2012\/01\/15\/travel\/15OAXACA-17.html\">great images of weaving<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Panelists for the Commonwealth Club talk include:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=51477919529&amp;set=a.51476364529.58251.51475159529&amp;type=3&amp;theater\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-snc7\/2361_51477919529_51475159529_1278705_5227_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caracol  pattern rug dyed with pecan shells by Federico Chavez Sosa, Master  Weaver, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico (Via Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Federico Chavez Sosa<\/strong>, Master Weaver in the Zapotec tradition<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric Chavez Santiago<\/strong>, Coordinator of the Education Department, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museotextildeoaxaca.org.mx\/\">Textile Museum of Oaxaca<\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Janet Chavez Santiago<\/strong>, Coordinator of Education, <a href=\"http:\/\/oaxacaculture.com\/textilesweavingdyeing\/weaving-dyeing-in-teotitlan-del-valle\/\">San Pablo Center for Academics and Culture<\/a>, Oaxaca.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Chavez Santiago family uses a &#8220;combination of traditional patterns and weaving  techniques with modern colors and sensibilities.&#8221; The family also works to support  their local community and the traditional Zapotec culture.\u00a0 I&#8217;m particularly interested in their commitment to using only 100% natural dyes in their work, which seems both forward-thinking and historically accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 11:30am, with  the program beginning at noon. Tickets are free for Commonwealth Club  members and cost $20 for non-members and $7 for students (with valid  ID). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthclub.org\/events\/2012-05-10\/future-tradition-weavers-oaxaca-mexico-connect-their-future-their-past\">Tickets can be purchased online here<\/a>. Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>For a quick taste of the talk, here is a short film featuring Federico Chavez Sosa:<br \/>\n<object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8UHCPpaap3E?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8UHCPpaap3E?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May 10 at 12pm, The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco will play host to the Chavez Santiago family of the &#8220;famed weaving village of Teotitlan de Valle presents its story of this ancient art form, a family, a culture and preserving a way of life across generations.&#8221; The New York Times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,88,7,37,89,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}