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Archives: September 2020

Sept Newsletter

Posted by Melanie | Filed Under: Homepage Posts | 1 min read

Fall Update: https://mailchi.mp/artandes.com/connecting

The Non School Year of Covid

Posted by Melanie | Filed Under: News and Information | 1 min read

The school year in the Andes should have started mid March. It’s now eary Sept...they will have lost the academic year of 2020 by the time Dec comes. Having just spent time with many of the students last Nov, there was a-lot of excitement for their upcoming year. I was able to travel to the...

Pink!

Posted by Melanie | Filed Under: Rugs | 1 min read

The Cochinilla red/ pink color in natural dye, is the most significant of all colors. Others may say the same for Indigo Blue, a very close second in my humble opinion. Prolific in Peru when the Spanish arrived in 1535, it caused a sensation in the old world! Red dye became in high demand in...

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