PERU & BOLIVIA 2024

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March 18th, 2025

Hello Readers!

We are excited to announce a series of blog posts for the next four months, where we will share details from our recent trip to Peru and Bolivia last November/December! During this time we had the opportunity to undergo a research project funded through the Canada Council to visit museums, community artists, educators, and arts workers to learn about projects which foreground the recovery and preservation of craft traditions – textiles and ceramics in particular. Our trip, although highly scheduled and planned, was also filled with many beautiful connections and surprises which enriched our learnings throughout this journey!

We would like to extend a special thank you to:

Dimitri Manga, for teaching us how to make ceramic sing
Rosa García, for your dedication and passion for textiles
Rosa Varillas, for sharing the bounty of your garden
Leslie Tucno, for guiding us through water and land
Mike, for being our unofficial tour guide of Iquitos
Karina Tarazona, for opening the doors to your treasures
Marcelina Chichaco and your family, for letting us make together
Johana Sarmiento, for the tears of joy and sadness
Yanett Melo, for sharing your story from student to teacher
Elvira Espejo Ayca, for being a badass and inviting us to dream together
Sadith Silvano, for sharing your song and your fights
Elvia Paucar, for your familial dedication to your craft
and Pocha & Wilson for your hospitality, and treating Cami like another daughter

We had the opportunity to delve deeply into Andean and Amazonian traditions, travelling from coast, to forest, to mountain, uncovering the access work that is left to be done by Canadian Museums who safeguard ritual objects and artworks of cultural significance from these regions. More to come soon!

xoxo
Mending the Museum

From the Trip










We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.







PROJECTS

Mending the Museum (2023)
Workshop Series:
   Narrative Charm
   Blackout Poetry
   Play it Forward
   Cloning and Paper Clay
   Clay|Sound|Powah


INFO

About the Collective
Members of the Collective


Mending the Museum is a collaborative duo comprised of Karina Román Justo and Camila Salcedo. Together, their intent is to work as a bridge between artists, communities, regional museums, and craft objects from their collections, to reflect on ancestry and speculative futures within the framework of cultural belonging.


For all inquires, please email mendingthemuseum@gmail.com


Brand identity, website design and development by Natasha Whyte-Gray, 2023.