Woven to Wear: Navajo and Hopi Textiles from The Durango Collection®
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 11:00 AM
Avenir Museum

New exhibit in the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is entitled Woven to Wear: Navajo and Hopi Textiles from The Durango Collection®. The exhibit pays homage to the creativity and skill of Navajo and Hopi weavers. Mantas of the Hopi parallel the introduction of cotton to the Southwest. Navajo textiles reflect the Diné (the Navajo name for “the People”) concept of harmony. Woven to Wear will be on exhibit September 17 – December 18, 2009.

Established forty-five years ago, the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, is the oldest academic center in the nation dedicated to preserving, documenting, and interpreting the Southwest. Representing 800 years of weaving in the southwest, The Durango Collection® forms the cornerstone of the Center of Southwest Studies, chronicling the remarkable achievement of Pueblo, Navajo, and Hispanic weavers. Photo above is a detail of Saltillo Serape from The Durango Collection®.

Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising 115 University Center for the Arts Free and open to the public Museum hours: Monday – Wednesday and Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Thursday, 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Closed on national and university holidays.

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Event Contact: Linda Carlson can be reached at 970.491.1983