Talk: Dr. María Olvido Moreno Guzmán presents “Contemporary Mexican Featherwork: An Ancient Tradition”

It is widely believed that contemporary amantecas (featherwork artists) continue to employ the materials and techniques that were used in Mexico in pre-Columbian and colonial times. Guzmán argues instead that the featherwork practiced by today’s artisans is a further evolution of a practice that was built on centuries of knowledge and improvement. The techniques applied by today’s amantecas have little to do with those of earlier periods.

The event is organized by the UCLA Latin American Institute and cosponsored by the CSRC, the Getty, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, and the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies.