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Porfirio Gutiérrez: Dip, Dye, Discuss

  • Craft Contemporary 5814 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90036 United States (map)

Zapotec-American multidisciplinary textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez will share the rich cultural history of harvesting and making cochineal dye and discuss how ancestral knowledge grounds his contemporary art practice.

Participants will receive a range of materials to dip into the communal dye bath and learn more about how cochineal dye, derived from insects, reacts with different materials. 

Ages 7+ welcome

Fee:
General: $37
Members: $32

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