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Weavers from the Zapotec community of San Bartolo Yautepec in the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico, dye cotton yarns using natural dyes as part of a series of workshops sponsored by the Marvin and Sylvia Rubin Family Foundation. © 2022 Ana Paula Fuentes
January 10, 2022, Brooklyn, NY The Marvin and Sylvia Rubin Family Foundation announced that it has awarded a grant to R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund to fund a textile project led by Maddalena Forcella and Ana Paula Fuentes, social designers based in Oaxaca in southern México. The designers will be working with 26 indigenous weavers in San Bartolo Yautepec, a Zapotec village in the highlands of Oaxaca. Using back-strap looms that predate the arrival of Spanish colonialists, the Zapotec weavers produce fabric with intricate brocade motifs. The fabric is then used to create huipiles, traditional Mexican garments. “For us, these are some…
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