One of the objectives is for students from the region to be able to visit these looms and tapestries that will be exhibited in the ULS Exhibition Hall.

Knots, wefts, threads, collection of elements and years of work make up the textile exhibition “Weaving spaces: to connect the earth, water and air”, which will be exhibited by the two regional artists, Rosa María Castillo and Graciela Ramos, as part of the 2014 exhibition cycle organized by the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena. 

On this occasion, the Exhibition Hall of the institution will exhibit this sample composed of looms and tapestries that, according to one of the artists, are representative of different elements of nature. “It is a textile sample and we think that is interesting for that children in schools visit us and can recreate what we are going to present. In essence, they are also organic looms that carry seeds, feathers, quartz and the essence of the representativeness of women,” commented Rosa María Castillo, an academic at the ULS.

As part of their works, the authors will show various themes that are related to returning to the roots, with the enhancement of nature, the importance of traditions and countless lessons learned from our ethnic groups. "For example, since these are knots, they are wefts, they are threads that intertwine with each other, there we have a stitch called embrilado, which our ethnic groups used, and we have the İzmir stitch, those techniques are from our ancestors, so we want the kids from schools see them and can replicate them in their classes or simply in their homes,” Castillo emphasized.

In turn, the academic made a special invitation to the students, for the teaching that this exhibition leaves. “I think that it impacts the viewer and that is what gives me the feeling of leaving something so that they, the future generations that come, can see that you have to embroider, you have to knit, you have to work on the plot and “You have to observe nature,” he said.

This exhibition will open on Thursday, September 4, at 17:30 p.m. and will remain open to the public until September 30 (with a break from September 15 to 19) from Monday to Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. and on Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. to 17:30 p.m. Admission is free to the public at the ULS Exhibition Hall, located at Benavente 950, La Serena.