"Maximo Laura (Ayacucho, Peru), is an award winning tapestry weaver internationally recognized as one of South America´s pre-eminent and most unique textile artists. He is a consultant, designer and lecturer on art and contemporary Andean textile design. His work is the integration and synthesis of ancestral weaving techniques, symbols, memories, myths and rituals with contemporary art." (From Maximo Laura's webpage)
Peruvian textile artist Maximo Laura, maximolaura.com, will present his work, process, and influence nourished by the Ancestral Peruvian Traditions and the Andean World's symbols, stories, rituals, and iconography.
You are invited to his public lecture, MAXIMO LAURA: Symbols, Stories and Experiences of Peruvian Textiles, on Friday, August 25, 2023, at 2:00 PM in the Architecture Building Room 302. You can also register for the Zoom Lecture via Registration Link.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with David J Isern at disern@illinois.edu.