Vinancio Aragon, a Dine textile artist, will present a weaving demonstration in room 170 in the southwest corner of the Fort Lewis College (FLC) Art Department Building. Enter the building either from the front, or, closer to Room 170, from the back. If possible, bring a folding chair. The event is sponsored by the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society and the FLC Center of SW Studies as part of History Live.

Venancio holds two BA degrees: one in Cultural Anthropology from the U. of N.M. and the other in Native American Studies from FLC. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Venancio worked for the National Park Service as an interpretive ranger in parks and monuments throughout the Southwest. His interest in archaeology, anthropology, and art has led him on a journey of researching and reviving portions of the Diné weaving repertoire that are in danger of being lost.

Venancio was the 2020 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives and works Farmington, where he continues to educate and promote Diné weaving as a form of decolonial expression. Venancio's textiles were part of the exhibitions: Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles, COLOR: The Beauty and Science of Color, and Tangible/Intangible.

In addition to demonstrating his unique weaving techniques, Venancio will speak briefly Friday evening at 7:00 pm in the FLC Student Union Ballroom to introduce the screening of Cloudy Ridge Production's "Overshoot and Collapse in the Ancient Four Corners". The film showing is free and open to the public as part of History Live. The Diné perspective plays an integral part in the film.