Distinguished Speaker Series: Mónica Ortiz Uribe and Patricia Michaels
September 19th, 7pm
Light Hall Theater
FREE and open to the public!
Mónica Ortiz Uribe is an independent reporter who specializes in the U.S./Mexico border and the American southwest. She last worked for the El Paso Times, writing about racial disparities and economic inequality. Mónica co-hosted the podcast, Forgotten: The Women of Juárez about the murders of women in the Mexican border city across from her hometown of El Paso. The production was listed among the top ten podcasts of 2020 by the Atlantic. Mónica’s work has also been featured extensively on National Public Radio.
Read more about Mónica Ortiz Uribe
Patricia Michaels [Bpaw-oo Pbup-oo] of Taos Pueblo is a world-renowned Fashion and Textile Designer. She has studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, 4 years independent studies at Chicago Art Institute, with Nick Cave as her mentor. Worked at Santa Fe Opera in the costume department and with Italian tailors in Milan, Italy. Recently she designed costumes for Opera Lafayette, and for the opera Silvain opening at the Kennedy Center. Her jewelry, silk scarves and bomber jackets can be purchased at the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Her new costumes designed for Dana Tai Soon Burgess Company are on view at UNM Albuquerque, LACMA West CA, and National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. Her gown “Recollections of My Journey To Blue Lake” was purchased for the Peabody Essex Museum’s permeant collection after being included in the “Contemporary Taos Art Show” at the Harwood Museum in Taos, NM. The Cristal Bridges Museum of American Art has an image and written statement about her fashion and textiles in book “Fashioning of America.” Other publications include “Native Fashion Now” and “Remarkable Woman of Taos”.
Patricia is the first Native American designer for Season 11’s Project Runway where she was runner up. She went on to Project Runway Allstars. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Indian awarded her the first inaugural “Arts and Design Award” in NYC, she was a speaker at the Bill & Melinda Gates Scholar Foundations. Her works as a Native CEO of the PMWATERLILY LLC, takes her to places around the world, having shown in, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Europe, Asia and at least twice a year for NY for fashion week to do fashion, lectures, presentations, workshops, fundraisers, artists in residencies and inspirational speeches. She has completed a home collection for “Atkin Homes”, uniforms and boutiques collections for hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, NM as well as boutique collections for Malouf’s on The Plaza, Eldorado Hotel, Inn at The Spa Loretta in Santa Fe, and El Monte Sagrado in Taos, NM.
Patricia works as an activist for organizations like Missing & Murdered Indigenous People, Community Against Violence, American Indian College Fund, Big Brother Big Sister, Art Smart, Preservation of Indian Culture & Natural Resources. Social Media are key in keeping the original Native voice authentic. Her biggest driving force are her two beautiful children Mozart & Margeaux, the elderly, youth and empowering women. Her cottage industry encourages women’s voice, LGBT Community, Transgender Men, Transgender Women, and all races. Patricia is occupied with many new developments working on costumes for a new film to be announced and recently starting a new organization to help the native fashion and textile industry “Native American Fashion & Textile Alliance”. Her works are continually emerging in 5 star resort hotels, museums, museum shops and boutique galleries throughout the USA. She is actively working on the first Native American Opera as the Designer for costumes and sets. In between this she manages time for an active involvement with her Taos Pueblo cultural life ways and beliefs.
Watch: Haute Couture Fashion Show – Patricia Michaels – 98th Santa Fe Indian Market 2019
Watch: Missing Murdered Indigenous Women
Zoom Link: https://wnmu.zoom.us/j/88314787020