INDIGENOUS STYLE & CLAIMS OF THE COMMON LANDS
GUESTS SILVAIN COSTUME DESIGNER PATRICIA MICHAELS & TAOS PUEBLO MEMBER

Wednesday, May 25, 6 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. MT
VIRTUAL

Patricia Michaels, a Taos Pueblo native, and the costume designer for our production of Silvain, “took on the project of designing in part to incorporate a part of New Mexico culture she has been eager to explore through fashion. Informing her designs for the opera is the art of Spanish colonial New Mexico, ranging from carved and painted woodworking of santero artists (makers of religious imagery) to wool and cotton techniques of colcha embroidery, offering a contemporary interpretation of life and fashion during the state’s territorial period” (Hyperallergic). Joining her will be another member of the Taos Pueblo who will speak about Blue Lake and the Blanca Peak acquisitions and the culture, policies, and reclamation of common lands by Indigenous peoples.