Date & Time
4:15pm MDT - 5:30pm MDT
About This Event
Join us Thursday, October 29th at 4:15pm for a special presentation by Suzanne MacAulay, whose book, Stitching Rites, was instrumental in the research for our current exhibit. Suzanne will share her experience researching the incredible story of Carson colcha, and the confidential report that someone handed her on a whim that broke the story wide open.
Resident of Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast of New Zealand, Suzanne MacAulay is a folklorist, ethnographer, and art historian. She is Professor Emerita and former chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focus is on arts revitalizations, particularly, Spanish Colonial colcha embroidery. Her book, Stitching Rites, is the first comprehensive academic treatment of colcha embroidery and Hispanic art revitalizations. She co-authored Cultural Performance: Ethnographic Approaches to Performance Studies. In 2019 she successfully nominated Josephine Lobato, San Luis Valley folk artist from Colorado, for a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award. She is a consultant to Colorado Creative Industries Folk and Traditional Arts grants program, and was recently appointed Research Associate at the Museum of International Folk Art.
About This Event
Join us Thursday, October 29th at 4:15pm for a special presentation by Suzanne MacAulay, whose book, Stitching Rites, was instrumental in the research for our current exhibit. Suzanne will share her experience researching the incredible story of Carson colcha, and the confidential report that someone handed her on a whim that broke the story wide open.
Resident of Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast of New Zealand, Suzanne MacAulay is a folklorist, ethnographer, and art historian. She is Professor Emerita and former chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focus is on arts revitalizations, particularly, Spanish Colonial colcha embroidery. Her book, Stitching Rites, is the first comprehensive academic treatment of colcha embroidery and Hispanic art revitalizations. She co-authored Cultural Performance: Ethnographic Approaches to Performance Studies. In 2019 she successfully nominated Josephine Lobato, San Luis Valley folk artist from Colorado, for a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award. She is a consultant to Colorado Creative Industries Folk and Traditional Arts grants program, and was recently appointed Research Associate at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Date & Time
4:15pm MDT - 5:30pm MDT