Porfirio Gutiérrez Zapotec Artisan

Join us for an immersive evening at E.P. Foster Library with master dyer and textile artist, Porfirio Gutiérrez. Come learn about the rich history of the craft in its cultural context. Gutiérrez is committed to keeping his family’s traditional Zapotec practices and knowledge alive.

Gutiérrez and his family are masters of Zapotec weaving and come from a long line of weavers from Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are among a small group of textile artisans working to preserve the use of plant and insect dyes—techniques that stretch back more than 2,000 years in the indigenous Zapotec tradition.