The Dennos Museum Center

Cuadros: Stitching Memories

Julia Linan RetuertoSunday, September 19, 2010, 2:00 pm

Rebecca Davis, curator of Stitching Stories of Miracles and Memories, and Barbara Cervenka, co-director of ConVida, offer a presentation about the exhibition. ConVida, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding for the diverse cultures, traditions, and history of the Americas expressed through popular art, produced the exhibition. There will also be a demonstration of creating Cuadros by two Peruvian artists: Julia Linan Retuerto and her daughter Veronica Principe Linan from the artist cooperative at Pamplona Alta.

 

This programming is supported in part by a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs which includes funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Programming for Stitching Stories of Miracles and Memories is made possible with support from Northwestern Michigan College President Timothy Nelson and Nancy C. Johnson, the Northwestern Michigan College Global Initiative, the Traverse Area Chamber of Commerce’s Dennos Global Diversity project, and the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

The housing sponsors for this event is  the Tamarack Lodge. 

Media sponsors for Celebrating Women events are TV7&4 and the Northern Express.


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