This visually stunning presentation is a journey into traditional Oaxaca and the living world of Indigenous community fashion. Eric Mindling spent two years photographing the ancestral dressways of the villages of this Mexican state. During this journey he searched for an understanding of the different meanings this clothing carried. While much of the symbolic meaning woven into traditional clothing has been lost, in a far corner of Oaxaca Eric met a man called El Mago, The Magician, who still held the knowledge of the symbolism in clothing of that region. What El Mago spoke of is a fascinating insight into the cultural richness that once prevailed in the clothing throughout indigenous America. Eric will share these stories and other ways that traditional clothing speaks of the people who wear it. The class takes place at the Living Threads Studio, 1610 Lena St. in Santa Fe. RENESAN does not provide transportation or organize carpools for tours.