Workshop on Peruvian textiles

Museum Textile Services is pleased to announce that applications are
now being accepted for the 2010 Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop
in Lima, Peru. The workshop will take place from January 12-22 and
the the theme will be Animal Iconography. We will document, conserve
and mount pre-Columbian textiles from the collection of the Huaca
Huallamarca Museum and Huaca Malena Museum
<URL:http://huacamalena.perucultural.org.pe/>

Prior to the start of classes we will make a three-day excursion
down the South Coast to see animal-related sites in Nazca and
Paracas including the Nazca lines and the Islas Ballestas.

This course is geared toward museum professionals and others with
museum sensibilities and excellent hand skills who want to learn
about textile conservation and pre-Columbian cultures while visiting
Peru. Past students have included conservators from all disciplines,
archaeologists, weavers, historians, and textile aficionados ranging
in age from college students to retirees. To see photos from past
years please visit

    <URL:http://www.flickr.com/photos/patina_green/sets/>

The course cost is $1300 per person. This includes up to eleven
nights of double-occupancy accommodation, ground transportation,
tuition, and guides. Single rooms may be available upon request at a
higher cost. This fee does not including airfare to and from Peru,
return transportation to the airport after the course, lunches, or
dinners. All Peruvian students will receive a scholarship for free
tuition.

Please email Camille Myers Breeze at mtsworkshops<-at->gmail<.>com for an
application form or for more information. Initial deadline for
receipt of applications is October 15, 2009.

Camille Myers Breeze, Director
Museum Textile Services
Andover, Massachusetts
978-474-9200


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