TAC is honored to welcome Ireri Andrea Muñiz Ortega as our Artist-in-Residence July through December 2026.

Muniz is a textile artist and community connector from Mexico, now living and creating in Madison, Wisconsin. Her work explores both traditional and contemporary textile techniques – the quiet, meditative space of solo making, and the dynamic energy that blooms when we create in community. Over time, she has come to deeply value artisanal and creative processes, recognizing how they’re shaped by the traditions, worldview, and culture of each community, and is especially interested in how materials can be reinterpreted through a contemporary lens – how the present moment can transform what we make and how we make it. Her curiosity and love for the tactile experience of textiles continue to guide her toward new ways of creating and sharing. Her work explores themes of identity, memory, heritage, and belonging.

Muniz has led workshops on Mexican culture and embroidery in both English and Spanish, and has organized creative spaces where people come together to learn, make, and share. These collective spaces are essential to her practice, places where craft creates community and community creates craft.

TAC’s Artist-in-Residence program is funded through grants from Ruth Foundation for the Arts and Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation.

Community Engagement at TAC

Muniz’s residency work includes public programming at TAC as well as programming with community members off site at Bayview Community Center and La Follette High School. Her programming will use photography, embroidery, natural dyes, and collaborative making as tools for storytelling and connection.

Programs include:

• A drop-in community art project, open to all who visit TAC during public hours early September through mid December 2026.

• Bilingual hands-on workshops with Angelica Contreras and Yesi Coria. (Details below.)

• A 2027 culminating event that will exhibit the outcomes of the projects with the Bayview Community Center and La Follette High School, as well as the collaborative project created at TAC. The event (date to be announced) will invite all participants, families, and community members to gather and celebrate the work together while sharing food, drinks, and music.

Calendar of Programs

• Saturday, September 12, 10am-12pm: MÁSCARAS EN COLLAGE / COLLAGED MASKS
  Led by guest teaching artist Angelica Contreras, this bilingual workshop winvites participants to explore emotions, reconnect with their identity, and build creative confidence through collage portrait and mask-making. Workshop fee is $25, and advance registration is required. Scholarship funding for this workshop is available. To request, please email elizabeth@textileartsmadison.org.

• Saturdays, September 19 and 26, 9am-12pm: TALLER BILINGÜE DE TINTES NATURALES Y TEJIDO CON TOTOMOXTLE (HOJA DE MAÍZ) / Bilingual Workshop on Natural Dyes and Totomoxtle (Corn Husk) Weaving
  In this two-session bilingual workshop, led by Mexican artists Yesica Coria and Ireri Andrea Muñiz Ortega, participants will explore corn husks as an artistic and craft material, connecting with ancestral traditions through creative and sustainable processes. Both dyeing and weaving techniques will be taught at an introductory level, providing a first experience with these practices and the foundational knowledge needed to continue exploring them independently. Workshop fee is $50, and advance registration is required. Scholarship funding for this workshop is available. To request, please email elizabeth@textileartsmadison.org.