Story Time: Amazonian Myths and Kené
In person, English and Spanish / En persona, Inglés y Español
This special Story Time is being presented in conjunction with Paths of Memory, Paths of Healing: Shipibo-Konibo Kené Art. Our guest storyteller, Erick (Ronin) Arias Silvano, will bring to life the histories of mythical beings—from river serpents to forest spirits of Amazonian oral traditions—that move through Shipibo-Konibo cosmology and the wider Amazon. The program will be in both English and Spanish.
With Olinda Silvano’s luminous kené murals alongside the ceramics and textiles on view, children and families will have a chance to listen, imagine, and connect ancestral stories to the flowing geometric patterns around them. Kené designs are more than visual art: they are pathways of memory, protection, and healing. This storytelling hour will offer young visitors an accessible and joyful way to step into that world.
The program is co-presented by the Fowler Museum, the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, the UCLA Latin American Institute at UCLA, “Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses” Grant, and the Consulate General of Peru in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jhonatan Cortegana Velarde
