The ancient art of weaving is unraveled at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures with its newest exhibit, “Entwined: A Vibrant Heritage of the Modern Maya.” “Entwined”demonstrates ...

Craig Dietz set up a portable photography studio in a church plaza with natural lighting, waiting for a subject to animate its black canvas background through lively expressions and traditional Mayan ...

From 20th century aprons to commodity bag dresses, the Textile and Costume Museum at LSU explores fashion and textiles through the ages. The museum's exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry” is ...

The textiles, created from the early decades of the 20th century to present day, come from the mosaic of related, but linguistically distinct, groups that make up the Mayan world. That world has made ...

I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles as a ...

In this Aug. 21, 2013 photo, sketches with pieces of textiles attached of designs by Eduardo Figuero are tacked to a board, in his studio in Guatemala City. Embroidered Mayan textiles known as ...

Carol Ann Lorenz first became interested in Maya textiles when she met Marines and Lydia Perez in 1978 as the couple and a Guatemalan backstrap weaver were on an educational tour of local colleges and ...

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Indigena Imports is having a benefit sale and exhibition of Mayan traditional textiles on Oct. 29 through 31 at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, in the Parish Center.