The Last Incan Bridge Trip
Once a year four Peruvian villages come together to build a bridge out of grass over the Apurimac gorge. It takes four days and connects their villages. So it has been for over a thousand years.
FIRST ANNUAL ARCHIVE CLOTHING SALE
It’s time for Spring!
With new pieces arriving from Latin America, as well as other corners of this grand globe, we need to make some space in the store. So this Saturday we will be having our first annual archive clothing sale and so… the party is on!
We hope to see you there, music will be flowing and a little bubbly will be shared to celebrate the coming warm days.
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Annual Holiday Party!
On Saturday, December 16 it is time to celebrate!
Our Annual Holiday Party is our opportunity to celebrate YOU. To show you our sincere thanks for being part of our sweet community. There will be live Peruvian music, munchy treats, good company, and a bonfire. Please come by, say hi, and let us see the twinkle in your eye. And know that we appreciate your presence, your support, and your goodness.
with love,
Teresa & Eric
LENA STREET HOLIDAY MARKET
This Saturday Lena Street blossoms with its Holiday Market. Up and down the way eateries, studios, galleries, and shops will be open and enhanced with invited artists. We look forward to sharing this day with our neighbors and all who come to visit.
REST SERIES w/ TRACEE STANLEY
The Rest Series- Embracing the Liminal
Join Tracee Stanley, best-selling author of Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self, for an experiential exploration into the beauty and power of intentional rest, yoga nidra, and non-sleep deep rest. Dissolve limiting beliefs about earning rest and reclaim rest as your birthright.
We meet once a month with inspiration for rest practice, connection with nature, dream tending, and contemplation in between. We will circle up in an intimate group of 14 resters.
All are welcome.
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday, November 19
Sunday, December 17
Sunday, January 21
* One must attend all three sessions
Investment- $300
PLEASE EMAIL TERESA TO SIGN UP
Book Release Party! A Meditation & Gathering w/ Tracee Stanley
Join us for a unique event as we come together to celebrate the launch of Tracee Stanley's second book, The Luminous Self.
Tracee will lead us in a meditation and then share insights and inspirations behind her book. A powerful guide, The Luminous Self, teaches its readers to connect with our inner wisdom, remember our wholeness, and live with clarity, compassion, and freedom.
It will be a magical evening, as we gather while the sun sets to enjoy some savory treats and delicious elixirs in celebration and community. We look forward to seeing you on this momentous occasion!
Saturday, October 14
5 to 7 pm
Please RSVP
About Tracee
Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and the forthcoming The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are - Oct 2023 by Shambhala Publications. Tracee is the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 20 years of study in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life.
*Find out more about Tracee - traceestanley.com
PROUD SOUTH WEST
We are thrilled to be hosting Philip Fimmano at Living Threads Studio for the launch of TREND UNION’S stunning publications PROUD SOUTH and UXUA UTOPIA. We will also be welcoming Noir Mud Silk and I Owe You, for a special pop-up. And just to top it all off there will be live Andean music by Lucho Rodriguez - we hope to see you there as we celebrate all this creative energy together!
Sunday, July 9
3 - 6 PM
SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL COMMUNITY EVENT: ERIC MINDLING
Eric Mindling, Oaxaca Stories in Cloth: A Book About People, Identity, and Adornment
Eric will take us into the world of Oaxaca where he spent 25 years. This talk will peek into ancient, living humanity and explore cultures of belonging, roots, and elderhood. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth is a portrait of indigenous cultural diversity and creative humanity in southern Mexico. The images that bring this book to life were created during two years of fieldwork and are the largest visual collection of community fashion in Oaxaca in existence.
Monday, May 22
10 AM - 11AM
Location: Living Threads Studio
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Max 25 people
SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL COMMUNITY EVENT: The Power of Rest w/ Tracee Stanley
The Power of Rest
Tracee Stanley will read from her best-selling book Radiant Rest. She will share wisdom, practices, and self-inquiry as inspiration to reclaim your birthright to experience deep rest and ease. Join in for a reading, short practice, and discussion.
Bio
Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and the forthcoming The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are - Oct 2023 by Shambhala Publications. Tracee is the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 20 years of study in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life. Find out more about Tracee - traceestanley.com
Thursday, May 18
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Tracee Stanley, Radiant Rest
Location: Living Threads Studio
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Max 25 people
Holiday Fiesta! Live Music!
Holiday Fiesta! Live Music!
In sincere gratitude for a year of joy, community and support from all of you, this Saturday we are throwing a little fiesta at Living Threads. We will be open from 11-7 with an ever-unfolding offering of treats throughout the day. From gorgeous gift wrapping to morning Biscottifrom the Bread Shop and coffee from Iconik to a selection of empanadas from Sabor Peruano in the evening. Plus a splash of spirits, both bubbly and biting, and even homemade cookies for palette delighting.
To crown our celebration, from sunset until the stars are in full twinkle, we’ll fill the house with the sonorous, soul-soothing sounds of Soroche, our favorite Peruvian band, in its full five-person glory. From the flute sounds of the high Andes to the groove of tropical cumbia, Living Threads will hum with all manner of deliciousness. A campfire out front and cozy warmth inside, we invite you, one and all, to gather around the goodness with us this Saturday.
We can’t wait to see you!
Teresa & Eric
EL MAGO & TALKING CLOTH
Saturday the 10th to be precise. Eric will share a tale about his search for the meaning behind the designs in traditional clothing in Oaxaca. That story will take us to the edge of the jungle, seeking out a man known as El Mago who was said to be a wizard, a witch, someone who might bury you alive, but who knew the stories contained in the cloth of his land.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
10AM - 11AM
RSVP (please click to reserve your seat - thank you!)
FIRST FRIDAY DECEMBER
Come be with us on our last First Friday of the season this Friday. We’ll have a pop-up makers market outside next to a crackling fire while inside we’ll be warming the studio with live Peruvian flute and strings. Our pop-up will feature Sheepa Hides with cozy, wooly offerings; Sonora Mindwerl showing hand-painted, vintage jackets; handwoven pieces by craftswoman Sedona Rigsby; and Sharon Sorken will be unraveling an eco-dyed piece. Also, if you’ve been here on First Fridays before, you know that up and down our sweet Lena Street alcove, galleries, fooderies, and artist’s studios will be open to all and people will be out enjoying it all. Old school village vibe.
Kutch to Oaxaca: Artisan to Artisan Design
We have a special treasure to share with you at Living Threads this September. In 2019 a first-of-its-kind textile collaboration took place that connected weavers, needle artists, and natural dyers from a far corner of India with those from a far corner of Mexico.
Oaxaca Stories in Cloth Talk
In this dynamic presentation, Eric discusses a great walkabout, magical realism, elderhood, roasted grasshoppers, the history of Mesoamérica in ten minutes or less and the genesis of the creation of an award-winning body of photography that stands as the largest visual collection in existence of the spectacularly diverse people of Oaxaca, Mexico, and their community fashion.
An Introduction to Peruvian Natural Dyes: Workshop with Nilda Callañaupa
Boiling pots scented with unique, high mountain plants, skeins of wool shifting to delightful, natural colors, master Peruvian artisans guiding the process. This July the ancestral knowledge of the Andes comes to our little studio on Lena Street and 12 students will get to immerse themselves in a day of learning and sharing.
Nilda Callañaupa Artist Reception
Together with Cloth Roads and the Cuzco Center for Traditional Textiles (CTTC), we are honored to celebrate and host Nilda and her counterpart, Yanet Soto, also a master weaver and integral in the operations of the CTTC. Serenaded by live Peruvian music, invigorated with tasty Peruvian snacks, we will collectively enjoy a late afternoon reception and pop-up. There will be ongoing traditional weaving demonstrations and an opportunity to meet and visit with Nilda and Yanet. Likewise, there will be a selection of exquisite Peruvian weavings gathered from the 10 villages that comprise the CTTC.
World Hope Fundraiser/Teresa Robinson Talk
World Hope Fundraiser/Teresa Robinson Talk
July 10th, 11:40AM -12PM
Online Event
Click HERE to register
The World Hope Fundraiser is a special forum to celebrate creative diversity & the International Folk Art Market, and there will be a rich diversity of presenters from 9-2:30 PM Santa Fe time that we highly recommend listening to! But most, most, most of all (and this is pure and justifiable bias!) we recommend listening to our own Teresa Robinson, co-founder and the aesthetic wizard of Living Threads Studio. She will speak about how her work with artisans, textiles, beauty, community and Living Threads Studio all came to be for her. Teresa will be on from 11:40-12.
FIRST FRIDAY JULY
FIRST FRIDAY, JULY 1 2022 - Join us on Lena Street and discover new artists, makers, textiles! 4 to 7pm
Fire and Clay, The Wisdom of Oaxacan Pottery Talk
Eric spent the majority of his 20’s and 30’s fully immersed in the worlds of indigenous potters in southern Mexico. “Doing back porch work” as he says, slow and easy conversations with people who understand the world through more ancient rhythms. In the silent spaces between their words, the potters showed Eric what life looks like in a place where the accumulated knowledge of the ancestors is actively heeded. What arises is a kind of deep functionality and wise equilibrium in the ways of making and doing. While ancient, rural, and seated in clay, this wisdom is applicable to all of us, everywhere.
Oaxaca Stories in Cloth Talk
In this dynamic presentation, Eric discusses a great walkabout, magical realism, elderhood, roasted grasshoppers, the history of Mesoamérica in ten minutes or less and the genesis of the creation of an award-winning body of photography that stands as the largest visual collection in existence of the spectacularly diverse people of Oaxaca, Mexico, and their community fashion.
SANTA FE LITERARY FESTIVAL/ IFAM
Fire and Clay: The Art of Oaxacan Pottery
Eric spent the decade of his twenties immersed in rural Mexico and sleuthing out every village in Oaxaca he could find that made pottery. Each and every one of them were ancient fiefdoms of clay, most of which were completely unknown to the outside world. From that era, the book arose. The book takes a deep, insightful and sensitive look at how the pottery is made and the impressive ancient wisdom that goes into every aspect of its creation, from functionality to environmental equilibrium.
Location: IFAM Center, 620 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe
FREE EVENT, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
SANTA FE LITERARY FESTIVAL/ LIVING THREADS
Oaxaca Stories in Cloth
This talk will peek into ancient, living humanity and explore cultures of belonging, roots, and elderhood. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth is a portrait of indigenous cultural diversity and creative humanity in southern Mexico. The images that bring this book to life were created during two years of fieldwork and are the largest visual collection of community fashion in Oaxaca in existence.
Location: Living Threads Studio
FREE EVENT, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Max 20 people
FIRST FRIDAY at LENA STREET LOFTS
Join us for our First Friday open studio and holiday market on December 3rd from 3-6 PM. Come by for some holiday cheer and shop our selection of artisan goods and natural fibers. We have been working hard with our artisans and designers to ensure the studio is brimming with unique and gorgeous pieces for this holiday season. Live Andean music and local artisans will make it all the merrier!