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Karen Wilkinson
Trunk Show
Thursday - Saturday, 10:00am to 6:00pm
March 11th - 13th
The Karen Wilkinson Collection is a distinctive line of jackets
created primarily from vintage, hand-woven Saltillo sarapes and a
variety of other interesting textiles from around the world. These
highly collectable creations include a special line of jackets made from
Guatemalan textiles created exclusively for El Interior.
Click Here to read about Karen Wilkinson and see examples of her work
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El Interior
Celebrates 30 Years!
 In 1979, Marcia Lucas started a Austin based business working with designers collectors and folk art galleries and museums in order to spread her love of folk art & textiles, as well as the techniques and the culture behind them. Five years later, she opened a retail space downtown and then moved it to El Interior's current location in Clarksville.
Marcia has been visiting and buying from many of the Mexican artisans for so long that she's had the pleasure of watching their babies grow up and become master artisans in their own right. "I really love feeling such a strong connection with these indigenous people and feeling that I'm helping encourage and support their sustainable and traditional lifestyle and culture.”
During those early years Lucas had several museum exhibits on Zapotec Indian rug and sarape weaving at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas, and The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve in Washington D.C. and the Mexican Cultural Institute in San Antonio Texas. Her article on Zapotec Weaving was published in The Master Key magazine of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles California. She was also
a major instrument in the founding of Austin Friends of Folk Art, in 1987.
Thank you, Marcia Lucas, for 30 years of passionate dedication to bringing us the art and culture of Mexico!
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