Lucero Paniagua Ortuño‘s (she/her) work delves deep into the extraction of pigments, dyes and the traditional techniques of the pre-Hispanic colonial era and the ways in which they are used by master craftsmen. Her research has focused primarily on practices within the states of Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Morelos. She explores colors, fibers and supports, working in a pictorial way and taking up implicit historical symbolisms in each pigment. Paniagua Ortuño creates pigments and dyes extracted from; achiote (achiote); azafrán (saffron); cempaxúchitl (marigold); grana cochinilla (cochineal); curcuma (turmeric); muicle (honeysuckle); jamaica (hibiscus); palo de brasil (brazilwood), along with vegetable and mineral binders.

Recent work has been featured in CLUES gallery (St. Paul, MN), El Centro Morelense de las Artes (CMA; Morelos Center for the Arts), the Museum of the City of Cuernavaca (MUCIC) and the 90º Fast Gallery (Mexico City). She was part of the 2022 Mexico in Minneapolis Folk Arts Residency organized by the Weisman Art Museum and the Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.

Paniagua Ortuño lives and works in Morelos, Mexico.

@luzpaniagua.art

Julie Beeler is a designer, artist and educator with a deep love and curiosity for the natural world. She created the Mushroom Color Atlas to grow her work and passion to benefit what she values most: curiosity, education, creativity, collaboration, community, and the environment. It has been recognized internationally in publications including The Mushroom, Surface Design, Popular Science, Tauko, Seattle Times, and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. She has been featured with a profile on Oregon Art Beat.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in the UK’s Embroidery magazine. For seven years, she was on the faculty of the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, and is a teacher at Wildcraft Studio School in Portland. She co-founded and led Second Story, an interactive design studio in Portland where her work focused on interpretive, editorial, and educational content. Beeler has created experiences that support cultural vitality with a commitment to preservation and conservation for many of the world’s greatest museums and cultural institutions, to connect their audiences to the world of ideas in more personalized, powerful, and lasting ways. When she is not out foraging, you can find her tending to her flower farm Bloom & Dye, working in her art studio, or leading workshops.

@mushroomcoloratlas

Kelly Wilson (she/her) is a queer textile artist living in Minneapolis. She began crafting at a young age after being taught by her grandmothers to knit, sew, and crochet, among other crafts. Her primary practice is knitwear garments that utilize traditional knitting techniques to explore the relationship between craft and gender and sexuality. As a queer woman, her multi-media textile pieces honor and challenge the assumption that textile art is “women’s work.” Wilson’s pieces have been featured locally at the American Swedish Institute, Squirrel Haus Arts, and now Textile Center.

@krw.textiles