Maya Weaving from the Bowdler Textile Collection
VCUarts Anderson Gallery, 907-1/2 W. Franklin Street
September 28–December 9

This exhibition highlights selections from the Bowdler Textile Collection of Mayan weavings from Guatamala. The exhibition emphasizes the millennia-old practice of woven arts in the region and the significant historic and contemporary role women have played in the production and the perpetuation of this tradition. Highlights of Ixchel’s Thread include approximately 35 elaborately woven and decorated huipils, the classic Maya women’s formal wear, as well as presentations and weaving demonstrations of contemporary garments reflecting adaptations of traditional Maya techniques and designs to a contemporary 21st century market. The work of VCU fashion design and merchandising students from a service-learning course in Fashion Line Development in Guatemala will also be featured along side a documentary of their experience that will be produced by VCU HDTV.

The exhibition will be co-curated by James Farmer, Chair of the VCU Department of Art History, Linda T. Lee, Assistant Professor of the VCU Fashion Design and Merchandising Department, and McKenna Brown, Director of the VCU School of World Studies.

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