About the Artists
Guest designers from Puerto Rico and Guatemala lead hands-on tutorials in each module.
Trama Antillana
Leila Mattina and Beatriz Lizardi co-founded Trama Antillana in 2018 to research sustainable textile production and facilitate access to raw materials that are vital to Puerto Rico’s artisan culture. Together they apply their expertise in agroecology and cultural history to offer educational workshops, producing natural dyes and fibers in collaboration with students, artists, and artisans.
Trama Textiles
Amparo de León de Rubio and Oralia Chopen run Trama Textiles, a women-led collective of Maya backstrap loom weavers across Guatemala. They work directly with 100 women from 17 weaving communities across 5 regions in the Western Highlands; Sololá, Huehuetenango, Sacatepéquez, Quetzaltenango and Quiché, advocating for fair wages and a reliable source of income for the indigenous artisans they represent.
Richie Wilde López
Richie Wilde López is a Queer, Puerto Rican fiber and textile artist and owner of Duende Textile Studio based in Philadelphia. Working in weaving, embroidery, and natural dyeing, Richie creates layered, tactile pieces that explore themes of identity, memory, and transformation. His practice draws from Puerto Rican material culture, vernacular craft, queerness and the political histories embedded in textiles.