Book Launch and Reading: Whispers in the Thread [] Bellas Artes

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  • Book Launch and Reading: Whispers in the Thread

    Tuesday, December 17, 5-7 pm
     Hernández Macías 75, Centro

    WHISPERS IN THE THREAD / SUSURROS EN EL HILO
    8.5 x 8.5”, 147 pages, full color, bilingual english/spanish, soft cover

    Design by Mary Meade, editing by Gina Hyams, translations by Cristina Potters

    Get your copy at the book launch, $43. usd / 850 pesos. Also sold at

     La Huipilista Artspace, Julian Carrillo 1, Colonia Guadalupe

    or Order your copy here: lenabartula@gmail.com with Paypal, or


    Whispers in the Thread celebrates 15 years of my huipil series. It has been an inspired, passionate deep dive into the mystery and seduction of a Mesoamerican garment that is at once text and textile. Borrowing from the idea of the shirt as messenger has transformed me from a painter into a fabric / collage / installation artist and along the way, an advocate for women’s rights. Come along with me in this bilingual book that features full color images of my art and poetry, stories, legends and artistic process, plus writings by contributing authors Kathryn Jordan, Merilyn Simonds, Maia Williams.

    Susurros en el Hilo celebra los 15 años de mi serie huipil. Ha sido un clavado inspirado, apasionado, en el misterio y seducción de una prenda mesoamericano que es a la vez texto y textil. Prestar de la idea de camisa como mensajero me ha transformado de una pintora en una artista de textil/ collage/instalación, y, en el camino, una voz en pro de los derechos de la mujer. Ven conmigo en este libro bilingüe que destaca imágenes a todo color de mi arte y poesía, cuentos, leyendas, y proceso artístico, además de escritos de autoras contribuyentes Kathryn Jordan, Merilyn Simonds, Maia Williams.

    Reviews:

    “Lena Bartula’s art is based on the huipil tradition and is both a modern interpretation and a tribute to the past. Her work is so complex that each piece has subtopics within subtopics – a weaving can be a fabric of pain and an installation can express injustice or joy. The intricacy and beauty of Bartula’s work is unique and belongs to the canon of what a garment – especially a woman’s garment – can mean.” — Jennifer Clement, President, PEN International
    “El arte de Lena Bartula se basa en la tradición del huipil; es a la vez una interpretación moderna y un tributo al pasado. Su trabajo es tan complejo que cada pieza cuenta con sub-temas y más sub-temas—una obra puede ser un tejido de dolor, de injusticia, de alegría. La complejidad y la belleza del trabajo de Bartula es única, y pertenece al canon de lo que alcanza decir una prenda—y más que nada, una prenda de mujer.”
    “Whispers in the Thread is a camino, each page a step honoring the women who spin, weave, and stitch their threads of joy and struggle into lives that matter. By embracing the Mesoamerican dress called a huipil as the vessel for her vision and story, Lena Bartula creates a bold and unexpected body of contemporary art and process thinking. Images and text leap borders and sociopolitical abstractions. These modern adaptations of the huipil are woven with threads of social consciousness relevant in our world today. This book is a spirit guide for the rest of us.”—Maia Williams, Co-director, San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
    “Susurros en el Hilo es un camino, cada página un paso que honra a las mujeres que hilan, tejen, y cosen sus hilos de alegría y lucha en vidas que importan. Al abrazar el vestido mesoamericano que se llama huipil como la vasija para su vision y su historia, Lena Bartula crea un valiente y inesperado cuerpo de arte contemporaneo y pensamiento del proceso. Imágenes y texto saltan fronteras tal como abstracciónes sociopoliticales. Estas adaptaciones del huipil se tejen con hilos de conciencia social relevante en el mundo actual. El libro es un guía spiritual para nosotros los demás.”

    WHISPERS IN THE THREAD / SUSURROS EN EL HILO
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