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I have often thought that one of the greatest rewards of our weaving careers is that we get to meet a whole lot of really interesting and wonderful people, both from around here and from all over.  I've documented a handful of instances of this in the past, although meeting delightful people happens all the time. This was an incredible chance for us to learn form Ignacio Netzahuacoyotl, a Mexican weaver in the Saltillo tradition. Santa Fe is a UNESCO Creative City, achieving that designation a few years ago.  The folks from the city reached out to us a few...

We've had a few out of town visitors asking for places to stay during their weaving classes in Chimayo, so we have compiled a list of places to stay for a variety of budgets and experiences. We don't have recommendations ourselves because we live here, but here are some places people have recommend to us. Chimayo:Casa Escondida"Nestled on six acres, our bed and breakfast in Chimayo, New Mexico, has views of the awe-inspiring Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains, the jewels of Northern New Mexico. Nine guest rooms offer intimate and comfortable lodging accommodations (all with private baths), and six...

Over the course of my life, I've found myself being inspired to create art by the both the expected and unexpected. Whether it be nature, other art, my interests, video games, shapes, scent, my ancestors work, color, music, or even people's aura, I've found inspiration in all of them. Most of the time when I weave I'm either watching movies or shows I've seen before or have music videos casually playing in the background. One day I was weaving and the song "Taste the Feeling" by the group Tempest came on. I stopped what I was doing to listen to...

I, Emily Trujillo, had the opportunity to curate a museum exhibit on Rio Grande weaving at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts. This is a brief telling of my experience with the project and also about the exhibit itself.

The spring of 2023 is the most green one I can remember here in Chimayo. We have had an abundance of gentle rain.

I'm not sure if every Chimayo weaver feels the same, but to me, weaving has to do with the people; community is a big part of it. Every person weaves from their personal experience, their own heart. However, at the end of the day, we all learned from the generations before us and each other. I know we all have something in common: we all have a shared connection to heritage, history, and identity. However, people my age and younger just didn't learn, and so this feeling might not be the same for them. You can ask the locals, and...