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Looking for Folk Art in Santa Fe

2 July 2009

For someone like me who is always looking for new artists and products to promote, the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market (the Market) is a great event to attend. The Market is held in July on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2009 will mark its sixth anniversary. The first Market was held in 2004 and...

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Changes @ VirtuArte.com

20 April 2009

VirtuArte.com was always envisioned to be a website that promoted artists/artisans from the developing world and created an awareness of their work. While my "envisioned" website was being developed I decided to start this Blog in order to introduce you to: VirtuArte; some of the artists/artisans I hoped to...

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Textile Designer Will be in Washington, DC

27 March 2009

Last September I wrote a post about Carol Cassidy, the textile designer who moved to Laos in 1989. While working as a advisor on a United Nations International Labor Organization project she was impressed by the technical skills of Lao weavers. This, in combination with her discovery of extraordinary antique...

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Tuareg Silversmith Comes to Washington, DC

20 February 2009

On Sunday, the 8th of February, a day that felt like Spring was here, VirtuArte hosted its first "Meet the Artist" event featuring Elhadji Koumama. Elhadji is the patriarch of the Koumama Family and the ninth child of Mohamed Koumama, one of the most famous Tuareg silversmiths.

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Meet the Artist: Designer and Craftsman of Tuareg Silver Jewelry

15 January 2009

 

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Emerge! A Global Bazaar

24 November 2008

For the past three months I have had two entries posted under the events section Emerge! A Global Bazaar - Panel Discussion and Emerge! A Global Bazaar, but no information about either one. That will now be remedied with this post.

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Vote Today!!

11 November 2008

Some of you are probably thinking she must have started writing this post last week and forgot to change the title. I know the Presidential Election was last week. Who could forget. This is not a reminder for that election; it is a request for you to vote in another kind of election.

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The Tuareg Traditions: Men -- Silver Jewelry, Women -- Leatherwork

22 October 2008

In my last post I talked about the need to help older girls and women who did not have the opportunity to get an education become active participants in their societies. A couple of weeks ago I spoke to a woman, Ann Elston, who is doing just that with the Koumama family. Her journey started in 2001 when her...

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The Girl Effect, The Woman Effect

7 October 2008

I recently received an e-mail from a friend with the title: You've been sent a link to start The Girl Effect. I wondered what The Girl Effect was. I thought maybe it was a new social network, a website for women entrepreneurs or a website about new trends that have been started by women. I opened the e-mail...

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Textiles: Preserving the Rich Weaving Traditions of Laos

24 September 2008

When I was in Vientiane, Laos a few years ago I asked the concierge at the hotel I was staying at where I could go to buy Laotian handmade products. The first place I was told about was Carol Cassidy's Lao Textile Studio. It is located three blocks from the Mekong River in downtown Vientiane.

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