So, last Wednesday I got to go to a private viewing at the Dallas Museum of Art of ancient textiles. Man was it fun, but made me feel like my loom work was mere child's play. My advanced weaving class could not hold their breath, and it was really insane to see what ancient peoples could do. We mainly looked at textiles from West Africa, Guatemala, and Myanmar.
And speaking of weaving, the Dallas high-end department store, Stanley Korshak, recently picked up the line Goods of Conscience. Designed by the elusive Father Andrew O'Connor (priest, artist, fashion designer, social activist, philosopher), the brand makes beautiful clothing from traditional back-strap weaving by fairly paid Mayan people. O'Connor believes that art can change the world, and he's doing his part.
And recently featured in Vogue, he's well on the way to change.
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