{"id":38107,"date":"2023-05-23T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/elvira-espejo\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:17:00","slug":"elvira-espejo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/elvira-espejo\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvira Espejo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Elvira Espejo Ayca<\/b>, Artist and Director, Museo Nacional de Etnograf\u00eda y Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>

Elvira Espejo Ayca (1981) is a visual artist, weaver and narrator of the oral tradition of her place of origin. Born in Qaqachaka\u00a0ayllu<\/i>, Avaroa Province, Oruro Department, she is a speaker of both Aymara and Quechua. She is currently Director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) in La Paz. She is author of the publication\u00a0Sawutuq parla<\/i>\u00a0[About Textiles<\/i>] (2006), and the books of poems\u00a0Phaqar kirki \u2013 T’ikha takiy \u2013 Canto a las flores<\/i>\u00a0[Song to the Flowers<\/i>] (2006), for which she received the International Poetess Award at the 4th World Poetry Festival in Venezuela (2007), and\u00a0Kaypi Jaqhaypi \u2013 Por aqu\u00ed, por all\u00e1<\/i>\u00a0[This Way and That<\/i>] (2018). She is co-author of\u00a0Hilos sueltos: Los Andes desde el textil<\/i>\u00a0[Loose Threads: The Andes through Textiles<\/i>] (2007),\u00a0Ciencia de las mujeres: Experiencias en la cadena textil desde los ayllus de Challapata<\/i>\u00a0[Women\u2019s Science: Experiences in the Textile Chain from the Ayllus of Challapata<\/i>] (2010),\u00a0Ciencia de tejer en los Andes: Estructuras y t\u00e9cnicas de faz de urdimbre<\/i>\u00a0[Weaving Science in the Andes: Warp-Face Structures and Techniques<\/i>] (2012),\u00a0El textil tridimensional: El tejido como objeto y como sujeto<\/i>\u00a0[Three-Dimensional Textiles: The Fabric as Object and Subject<\/i>] (2013) and\u00a0Tejiendo la vida: la colecci\u00f3n textil del Museo Nacional de Etnograf\u00eda y Folklore, seg\u00fan la cadena de producci\u00f3n<\/i>\u00a0[Weaving Life: The Textile Collection of the Museo Nacional de Etnograf\u00eda y Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia, following the productive chain<\/i>] (2013). In collaboration with Bolivian musician \u00c1lvaro Montenegro, she has produced the contemporary music DVDs\u00a0Thakhi \u2013 La Senda. Canciones a los animales<\/i>\u00a0[The Path: Songs to the Animals<\/i>] (2007) and\u00a0Utachk kirki \u2013 Canto a las casas<\/i>\u00a0[Song to the Houses<\/i>] (2011). Her awards include: the 1st Eduardo Avaroa Prize in Arts, specialising in Native Textiles, La Paz, Bolivia (2013); the 1st Prize for Fostering Native Creation in Literature, specialising in Poetry, as part of the 5th Arica Barroca South Andean Art Festival, Chile (2018), and the Goethe-Institut Medal (2020), awarded by the Federal Government of Germany for her valuable work as a cultural mediator between Latin America and Europe and between her own indigenous traditions and other cultures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elvira Espejo Ayca, Artist and Director, Museo Nacional de Etnograf\u00eda y Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia Elvira Espejo Ayca (1981) is a visual artist, weaver and narrator of the oral tradition of her place of origin. Born in Qaqachaka\u00a0ayllu, Avaroa Province, Oruro Department, she is a speaker of both Aymara and Quechua. She is currently Director […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38115,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107\/revisions\/38115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museomoderno.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}