Indigenous Baskets Lecture by Abe Sanchez at Mission San Luis Rey

Abe Sanchez, Purepecha, Promoter in the Revitalization of Indigenous arts and Native Foods

Join Mission San Luis Rey for a wonderful lecture given by Abe Sanchez on Thursday, November 14th at 6pm. A light reception will follow.

As an accomplished basket weaver specific to the Southern California Native American coil style and techniques, Abe has expressed and shared his expertise in the reactivation and preservation of this important cultural art form. For the last 28 years he has been teaching numerous tribal affiliations, currently the Santa Inez Chumash with bimonthly basketry workshops and has assisted and consulted with the Obispeno, Barbareno and Ventureno Chumash with revivification projects. In addition, he has been leading the Tongva (Gabrileno) Native American descendent of the Los Angeles basin on a current basket resurrection project affiliated with the University of Los Angeles UCL. The results have been phenomenal, positively igniting the interest and rebirth among tribal participants enrolled in his classes.

His numerous request and commitment in the renewal of this culturally significant ancient lots craft has empowered him to become a representative for some Native American communities in the rebirth of traditional basketry for numerous years. Abe has lectured, consulted and worked with many public and private institutions on basketry topics such as the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Museum of Northern Arizona, Institute of the American Indian Arts (IAIA) New Mexico, and the Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles Ca. He has lectured and taught workshops at the University of Los Angeles UCLA, California State Fullerton, and California State University San Marcos.