weaving Workshops
My workshops invite participants to explore identity, memory, and belonging through movement, visual art, writing, and storytelling. Rooted in my interdisciplinary Weaving Methodology, each workshop creates space for reflection, creativity, and community, encouraging participants to reconnect with themselves, their histories, and one another.
Inspired by my ethnographic research with Maya textile weavers in Guatemala, I approach weaving not only as a textile practice, but as a way of understanding how our experiences, relationships, and cultural histories become woven into who we are. Through creative exploration, participants are invited to uncover stories, embrace multiple identities, and imagine new possibilities for connection and belonging.
I believe everyone carries stories worth sharing and that creativity can serve as a powerful tool for self-discovery, collective remembering, and community building.
Workshop Offerings
Weaving: Creativity, Identity & Storytelling
My signature interdisciplinary workshop exploring memory, identity, and belonging through movement, visual art, writing, and storytelling. Participants are guided through creative prompts and embodied practices that invite them to reconnect with their lived experiences and discover new ways of understanding themselves and their communities.
Ideal for: Universities, museums, cultural organizations, community groups, and conferences.
Weaving for Creative Practice
An immersive workshop for artists, educators, and creative professionals interested in interdisciplinary process and devising. Participants explore the Weaving Methodology as a framework for generating movement, creating original work, and engaging in collaborative and community-centered art making.
Topics include: creative process, improvisation, choreographic tools, interdisciplinary collaboration, and embodied research.
Ideal for: Artists, educators, university students, and creative cohorts.
Weaving for Children & Youth
A playful and imaginative workshop that introduces young people to storytelling through movement, drawing, and creative exploration. Participants create meaningful images, bring them to life through movement, and reflect together through writing and discussion.
The workshop encourages creativity, confidence, empathy, and self-expression while helping young people connect with their own stories and the stories of others.
Ideal for: Schools, youth programs, museums, camps, and community organizations.
Talks, Lectures & Artist Residencies
I offer artist talks, lecture demonstrations, and multi-day residencies that share my interdisciplinary practice, ethnographic research in Guatemala, and the development of the Weaving Methodology.
Topics include:
• Weaving as a Creative Practice
• Maya Textile Weaving & Cultural Memory
• Art, Identity & Living Between Worlds
• Community Storytelling & Oral Histories
• Interdisciplinary Art Making & Research
• Creativity, Belonging & Cultural Memory
Residencies can be tailored to include workshops, performances, lectures, community engagement activities, and collaborative art-making experiences.
Who These Workshops Are For
My workshops are designed for:
• Universities and colleges
• Museums and cultural institutions
• Dance companies and arts organizations
• K–12 schools and youth programs
• Community organizations and nonprofits
• Conferences and retreats
• Artist residencies and creative cohorts
Workshops can be adapted for children, teens, university students, professional artists, educators, and community members.
Bring a Workshop to Your Community
I am available for workshops, artist residencies, guest lectures, university intensives, and community engagement projects throughout the United States and internationally.
Whether working with professional artists, first-time movers, or community groups, my goal is always the same: to create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and connected through creativity.
Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? I'd love to connect.