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Textile folk artist shares tradition and healing

01/22/26 | 3m 7s | Rating: NR

In Viola, textile artist Ireri Andrea Muñiz Ortega organizes a Día de los Muertos celebration that brings Mexican tradition to rural Wisconsin. She discovered textile art after a 2017 Mexico City earthquake, finding calm in thread and needle. Now her vibrant, abstract work helps her carry a sense of home wherever she goes.

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