In this Aug. 21, 2013 photo, sketches with pieces of textiles attached of designs by Eduardo Figuero are tacked to a board, in his studio in Guatemala City. Embroidered Mayan textiles known as ...

I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles as a ...

Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement. One ...

From 20th century aprons to commodity bag dresses, the Textile and Costume Museum at LSU explores fashion and textiles through the ages. The museum's exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry” is ...

Jesus Cantu Medel will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 12, on a Mayan textile called a huipil during a reception at Cy-Fair College. The reception hours are 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the college, 9191 ...

The National Hispanic Cultural Center will host three shows this fall on Maya textiles from Latin America. "Maya Textile Art: Collections of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya" opens Sept. 28. It ...

Indigena Imports is having a benefit sale and exhibition of Mayan traditional textiles on Oct. 29 through 31 at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, in the Parish Center.

In 2011, Alejandra Barrillas, Guatemala’s entrant in the Miss Universe pageant, appeared on stage bedecked in what in the eyes of the rest of the world—and perhaps some Guatemalans as well—looked like ...

Mayan Textile Art: The Huipil" opened yesterday at Cy-Fair College's Barker Cypress campus located at 9191 Barker Cypress Rd. The new exhibit, running through Oct. 26, features a collection of Mexican ...