Tomigusuku City

The only clothing in the world, the daily wear of Maya indigenous people, Hoshino Toshie Collection exhibition

  • Art / Exhibition
  • Real-life event

Schedule

2024.03.30(土)

Open:10:00 End:17:00

Event period:2024/03/30(土) 〜 2024/03/31(日)

Venue

Okinawa Craft Forest 〒901-0241 1114-1 Tomigusuku City, Tomigusuku, Okinawa Prefecture

Special exhibition room

Charge

Admission fee free

Contents

A special exhibition introducing some of the folk costumes (wipires) that Toshie Hoshino has collected while learning weaving by visiting villages in Guatemala, Mexico since the 1970s.
An exhibition and sale of works by Toshie Hoshino and Fumie Ishikawa, the “Guagua Project,” which sells fair trade products such as hand-woven cloth and accessories made for the purpose of supporting the lives independence of women in Sorolla Village in Guatemala, and a Guatemalan folk crafts sales event will also be held at the same time.

●Related events

Special Lecture: Hoshino Toshie's Gallery Talk ~A Story of Maya Native Peoples' Everyday Wears~
3/30 (Sat) 10:00-12:00, participation fee 1500 yen (capacity 30 people, advance registration required)

Kozofuori ~ Ishikawa Fumie's Workshop to Touch Kozo ~ Let's review kozo!
3/30 (Sat) 14:00-16:00, 3/31 (Sun) 10:00-12:00, participation fee 3500 yen (capacity 30 people, advance registration required)

Official URL

Contact

Secretariat (Tomomi Kimijima)

MAIL:maya-textile@ymail.ne.jp