Threads of Resistance: Indigenous Textiles and Quilting Traditions – Carina Yepez

Description:
This lecture explores the vibrant world of Mexican textiles, with a focus on Indigenous traditions that predate colonization and continue to serve as powerful acts of cultural resistance. Carina Yepez will highlight how these textiles differ from quilting practices in the U.S., while celebrating the beauty, symbolism, and community embedded in fiber arts.

Bio: 

A Chicago, Illinois, native with family roots in Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an educator and artist. She is passionate about exploring the traditions of matriarchy and the interconnected stories of Chicago immigrants through quilting. By using sewing as her medium, she delves into the techniques of domesticity and expresses her family’s stories with a focus on healing ancestral trauma. Her work sparks conversations about the intersection of craft and fine art through sewing and appliqué layering, honoring her culture through floral motifs in her quilts and photographic weavings.

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