Huichol Yarn Painting

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  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will close on September 30, 2025 @ 4:00pm.
  • A library card is required to register for this event.
  • This event is for registrants Grade 6 to Grade 12.

Program Description

Event Details

Learn about the history of Huichol yarn painting and extraordinary Wixárika artists while creating your own artwork. 

The Indigenous community of western Mexico that created yarn painting is widely known as Huicholes in Spanish, but they refer to themselves and their language as Wixárika.

For grades 6-12.

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