We want to invite you to participate in a national social media campaign, #LatinXTextiles / #TextilesHispanos on October 1st- 15th, 2020 to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Below is the description of the event and FAQ. 

Please use the platform of your choice to share a textile piece created by a LatinX artist. Be sure to include the hashtags #LatinXTextiles and #TextilesHispanos. Feel free to share it with other fiber artists and enthusiasts too!

SPECIFICATIONS

A national social media campaign, #LatinXTextiles / #TextilesHispanos from October 1st-15th, 2020 to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. During those dates, we are inviting Museums, Cultural organizations, Artists, and Enthusiasts to share a textile piece made by LatinX artists! The purpose of this campaign is to celebrate the diverse and unique takes on material and the history of textiles by LatinX artists.  

Please see the FAQ below and Happy Posting!

FAQ

What is a textile?

We would like to define Textile materials and techniques as broadly as possible, including: Sewing, Papermaking, Embroidery and Needlepoint Arts, Felting, Quilting, Weaving, Beading, Macrame, Dyeing, Knitting/Crochet, Fashion Design, etc.

Who Can Participate?

Anyone can participate in highlighting and empowering LatinX artists!

Platforms

All social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, etc.)
The event will also be shared on the San Jose’s Museum of Quilts & Textiles website.

When

Anytime between October 1 - October 15, 2020

Artist credit: Paulina Otero, Hermanas, Sisters pt. 1, 2020
Website: http://www.paulinaotero.com 
Instagram handle: @paulinaotero_ 

Bio:  

"Paulina Otero is a Mexican Fiber artist who focuses on making wearables and wall hangings that are abstract representations of her experiences in her home country, Mexico. She references home by using colors, forms, and textures inspired by architecture, nature, and traditional textiles. Paulina has a major interest in combining industrial and domestic materials such as yarn, felt,  wood, and plexiglass to inspire a desire to touch. By combining all these elements she expresses her feelings of nostalgia towards a particular time and place during her childhood. Paulina has received the excellence award by  Surface Design Association and the 2020 BFA Exhibition Honor Award. She has exhibited her work in the Appalachian Center for Craft, the St, Louis Art  Guild, and Curiouser KC. In addition to her practice, she has also developed a  jewelry brand that has been sold in venues such as The Kemper Museum, Dear  Society, and Parlor. Paulina is a studio member at the Cherry Pit Collective and is currently based in Kansas City, Missouri."