Cities, Culture, Commodities, and Conflict: Evolution of Wounaan Basketry and Carvings

• Event Date: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Time: 2:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Speaker: Julie Velásquez-Runk
Invited Researcher, Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Mexico

In this talk Julie Velásquez-Runk will illustrate how cultural esteem, independent innovation, outside influence, and the Colombian conflict have fostered Wounaan basketry and carvings in Panama. In spite of market success, Wounaan art is threatened by changing resource availability and land tenure rights in Panama.

This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibit Rain Forest Visions. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Spurlock Museum and The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Center through the auspices of the United States Department of Education’s Title VI Program. The exhibit is also supported by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.