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Tiva Trujillo, Old San Acacio in 1925, 1980. 29" × 40 ½". Collection of Hope Trujillo Hernandez

San Luis Valley
Colcha Embroidery
Project

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Delores Worley, Randy, 1978. 15" × 19".

The San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project is a collaboration between HEART of Saguache, The Range in Saguache, Colorado, and artists in the Valley. This project supports exhibitions, workshops, and scholarship. Colcha embroidery is a textile art that came to the San Luis Valley from Northern New Mexico in the 19th Century and has been shaped by 20th and 21st Century revival movements into a pictorial narrative art form. Colcha embroidery artworks from the region often illustrate personal histories and local landscapes, capturing complex memories of the Valley. The San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project supports artists to teach and tend to vital community connections while celebrating cultural traditions.

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Donna Madrid Hernandez, S.P.M.D.T.U in Antonito, Colorado, 2023.  37" × 21".

Press

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Patsy Garcia, The Turtle Storyteller, 2023. 10 ¼".

San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project

Artist reunites with lost artwork after 41 years

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Artist reunites with lost artwork after 41 years
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Artist reunites with lost artwork after 41 years

Artist reunites with lost artwork after 41 years

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Puntada a Puntada

Puntada a Puntada

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National Endowment for the Arts Fellow Josie Lobato exhibits in Arvada

National Endowment for the Arts Fellow Josie Lobato exhibits in Arvada

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Colcha Embroidery Expressions: Eufemia Barela

Colcha Embroidery Expressions: Eufemia Barela

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Artists

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Artist, Judy Vigil with her grandson and daughter, Anthony J Vigil and Heather M Vigil Romero

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NEA Heritage Fellow Josie Lobato with Colcha Embroidery of the San Luis Valley catalogue  

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Members of the San Luis Stitching Group: Irene Medina, Julia Mondragon, Donna Madrid Hernandez, Connie Morrell, Maria Eufemia Barela

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