Join us for a special presentation featuring Dr. Suzanne MacAulay, author of Stitching Rites: Colcha Embroidery along the Northern Rio Grande and the San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project, on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 2 to 4:30 pm in the Park View Room at the Denver Public Library Central Branch. This presentation is part of Colorado Creative Industries’ current exhibition for Creative Capitol: Art at the State Capitol, Colorado: Past. Present. Future.
Colorado Creative Industries’s Colorado: Past, Present, Future exhibition opening at the Colorado State Capitol, featuring the debut of San Luis Valley Past Present Future tapestry (made by 40 colcha embroidery artists) from 12 to 2 PM, August 1, 2026.
Tapestry artists include: Gina Aragon, Kathleen Aragon, Maria Eufemia Barela, Lia Carpio, Rita Lobato Crespin, Katie Dokson, Sandy Dolak, Hannah Evans, Cassondra Franco, Suzie Gallegos, Adrienne Garbini, Patsy Garcia, Donna Madrid Hernandez, Kim Hotchkiss, Pamela García Kukulka, Melanie Lucero, Connie Mamich Morrell, Stephanie Ludlow, Priscilla Garcia Ludwig, Loretta Lujan, Lori Lujan, Aurora Martinez, Junita Martinez, Julia Mondragón, Sandra Ortega, Marcella Pacheco, Carla Quintana, Jozette Atencio Sandoval, Regis Scott, Trent Segura, Deb Skadburg, Heather Vigil Romero, Emma Valdez Roybal, Mavi Valdez-Apodaca, Francella Vigil, Judy Vigil, Linda Vigil, Mary Vigil de Rodriguez, Vicky Walker, and Peggy Garcia Williams.
Cultural Repair: San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project presentation at 2026 Colorado Creative Industries Summit in Trinidad, Colorado, June 5, 2026.
San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Presentation at Green Box Arts Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Colcha Embroidery Workshop at the Sangre de Cristo Heritage Center in San Luis, April 17 and 18, 2026.
Stitching Stories: San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project presentation at CU Boulder by the Latin American and Latinx Studies Center, Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 5PM.
Josephine Lobato’s Mi Vida en Colcha book launch at Regis University, Monday October 27, 2025 at 5PM.
Kathryn Nelson’s Los Testamentos: Hispanic Women Folk Artists of the San Luis Valley Screening at The Range in Saguache, Saturday October 25, 2025 at 6PM.
Colcha Embroidery Workshop at the The Range in Saguache, September 12 and 13, 2025.
Kathryn Nelson’s Los Testamentos at The Range in Saguache, September 7 – December 7, 2025. Opening Friday September 12, 4-6PM.