NEXT MEETING: FEB. 22, 2017, 7 PM
PROGRAM Charlene Woodcock : Jolom Mayaetik: Mayan weavers cooperative of Chiapas Charlene became interested in the Mexican state of Chiapas in the 90s, having heard stories about it from an anthropologist friend and read the novels of B. Traven set in Chiapas early in the 20th century. The Zapatista uprising of 1994 and a video of Mayan women marching on International Women’s Day in their beautiful traditional clothing convinced her to make her first trip there in 2000. At that time she met the weavers of the Mayan cooperative Jolom Mayaetik and has since returned each year to work with them as a volunteer in expanding the markets for their weavings. The autonomous cooperative was established by the weavers in 1996. Their weavings are done on backstrap looms and use designs inherited over the centuries. She will be bringing samples of their weavings to the meetings. DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR 2017 Feb. 22, Treadles Meeting. On the usual Wedne...