Conferencia de Abril de la Sociedad Pre colombina de Washington DC

Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture

(PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE FROM OUR REGULAR FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH)

Thursday, April 8, 6:45 PM

"The Camayo and its Antecedents: Revisiting the Question of Artist Guilds in Ancient Peru"

Compared to the compelling masterpieces that ancient Andeans produced, very little is known about the artists that produced them. Situating the discussion around the camayo, or occupational specialist, this talk draws from historical narratives, documentary sources, and archaeological evidence that inform our understanding of the artist, both celebrated and marginalized, before the Spanish conquest.

Dr. Lisa DeLeonardis is the Austen-Stokes Professor in Art of the Ancient Americas in the Department of the History of Art at the Johns Hopkins University. At Johns Hopkins she developed the Americas core curriculum and currently serves on the Board of Latin American Studies, the Program in Museums and Society, and the Archaeology Program. For 5 years she was Associate Curator of Pre-Columbian art at the Baltimore Museum of Art where she designed a reinstallation plan for the Americas collection. She has also served as consultant to the Walters Art Museum and has trained docents in both institutions.

Since 1989 she has been active with the Museo Regional in Ica, Peru, and has conducted a number of archaeological projects in the Ica Valley and surrounding area. Her research focuses on the art and archaeology of Paracas and Nasca and has been published in several journals. Before Hopkins, she coordinated the Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900 (Pillsbury, ed., 2008) at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art and contributed six essays on Colonial and Independence Period writers and artists. Her current project is at Santa Cruz de Lancha, where she plans excavations in the near future. Last year she completed a summer fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. This summer she is the Charles H. Watts Memorial Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library.

Sumner School,

1201 17th Street, NW,

17th and M Streets, across the street from National Geographic.

Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the Blue/Orange line).

Washington, DC.

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