For our 3rd ABYAVIVA dialogue, we will discuss Fair Trade Artesanía: Identity vs. Folklore.

Mena Mogrovejo is a textile designer and coordinator of the Women’s Provincial School of Popular Arts & Trades. She will discuss how fair trade artesanía practices are helping conserve culture and the planet and how they promote sustainable, conscious economy.

We will also have a Fair Trade Artesanía Feria with various artisan stands who are a part of the Maki Fair Trade group and Pakariñana Social Tourism Organization. The feria is a small sample of the different fair trade items that are for sale with Maki.

Thursday, May 4
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Music starts: 6:30 pm
No reservation needed; free entrance; translated

idiomART is located at: Mariscal Lamar 14-25 y Estevez de Toral; Cuenca, Ecuador

This event is coordinated by the ABYAVIVA alliance comprised of Co-op Centerline, the Waterbearers, idiomART and Atyco.

ABYA VIVA alliance seeks to empower Indigenous and local leaders in highly biodiverse areas in community management, good governance, autonomy, health and well-being, education and livelihood opportunities while respecting their cultural ancestry and knowledge.