Curator Talk and Exhibition Tour: Beyond the Vanishing Maya with Diego Ventura Puac-Coyoy
Tickets: General - $45, Supporters - $35, Students - $20
Join curator Diego Ventura Puac-Coyoy for an insightful tour of Beyond the Vanishing Maya: Voices of a Land in Resistance. The exhibition showcases textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and contemporary Maya art on equal footing, challenging colonial hierarchies and highlighting the enduring vibrancy of Maya culture.
Key themes include:
– Myths of the “Vanishing Race” and the “Good Indian”
– Self-determination, spirituality, and ritual
– Women’s art and the resilience of Maya traditions
This exhibition brings together works from the Ventura Puac-Coyoy Collection—the first Indigenous contemporary art collection curated by an Indigenous family in Latin America—and the Textile Museum of Canada’s collection, offering a powerful dialogue between tradition and modernity. By presenting these works together, the exhibition powerfully challenges the erasure of Indigenous and women’s art, amplifying Mayan creativity—as a force of resistance, self-determination, and ongoing cultural affirmation.
Reserve your spot now for this thought-provoking tour.
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