The El Paso Museum of Archaeology Presents

 

Screening of the Video

Huichol Sacred Pilgrimage to Wirikuta

With commentary by Dr. Richard Durschlag

 

Sunday, August 15, 2010, 2:00 pm

Free Admission

 

In conjunction with the showing of the current temporary exhibit, Unknown México, is the screening of the thirty-minute video Huichol Sacred Pilgrimage to Wirikuta at 2:00 pm on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Dr. Richard Durschlag, Curator of the El Paso Museum of Archaeology, will introduce the film and respond to questions from the audience following the screening.

 

The Filmmaker

The filmmaker, Larain Boyll Matheson, is an artist who spent two years to photograph and produce this story of the Huichol making one of their annual pilgrimages to the place where their sacred medicine cactus grows.  “This documentary tells their story and depicts the visions from the plant which are used to create their sacred art, in the form of yarn paintings, beaded bowls, masks and other beadwork,” said Larain Boyll Matheson.

 

Ms. Matheson spent over thirty years studying with the Huichol shamans or medicine people, especially Guadalupe-de-la-Cruz Rios.  The Huichol people live in the Sierra Madres Mountains in México. Their shamans are known for how they translate their visions into art and use their visions to heal their people.

 

Background on the exhibit

The photo-text panel exhibit, Unknown México, is panorama of the peoples of ancient West México whose cultures were markedly different from the more well-known Aztec and Maya civilizations and remain largely a mystery today.  Located in the current Méxican states of Nayarit, Jalisco, and Colima, the West Mexico cultures included in this exhibit span several time periods from 500 BC to Twentieth Century folk art of the Cora and Huichol Indians. 

 

 

Organized by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and based on an original exhibition of artifacts at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, the exhibit will be on view at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology from July 20 through September 12, 2010.

 

 

Information:  915-755-4332; guidamr@elpasotexas.gov

 

Our Mission:

The El Paso Museum of Archaeology is dedicated to the interpretation of archaeological and anthropological artifacts through research, exhibits, and education.  We focus on the prehistory and culture of the El Paso-Juárez region and the Southwest.

 

 9-4-10 - EPAS Fundraiser Treasure Sale

 

EPAS will be having a treasurer/garage sale during the Labor Day Weekend. We need donations of small furniture pieces, curios, knick knacks. candles, baskets, pillows, pictures, etc. Please bring your donations to the museum lab at 4301 Transmountain on Wednesday mornings for pricing for the sale.