María Cristina Giordano
Born in San Antonio de Areco, Cristina lives in this town where she has her work shop of Pampa the creole loom.
She's knitted in Pampa and creole loom -Textil art researcher- Teacher.
Delia Guida O'Donnell's disciple, creole artist of San Antonio de Areco who learned the loom techniques at the school of creole laones en 1936.
Social Service counsellor and teacher. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
She's been studying, researching and working Social couselling and teaching.
"Cultura y Sociedad" post graduate studies by Centro Argentino de Etnología Americana (CAEA - IUNA - CONICET) 2002 / 2007.
She has showed her work at the hand craft week exhibition since 1971 and in other exhibitions in Argentina, Chile, España, USA and The Netherlands. 1996.
First prize en free creation of the first contest of kniting "María Olga Espandaburu" in 1994.
Constant researcher of the aborigene art in fabric through books museum reports, and in close contact with other Argentine artists who are still keeping primitive techniques in this kniting.
Member of the Arequeros Artisans society.
Fabric counsellor the Gaucho Museum Ricardo Guiraldes.
Keen researcher at the gaucho Museum Ricardo Guiraldes about the fabrics patrimony of San Antonio de Areco.
The Poncho as Cultural fabrics patrimony a hallmark of identity in San Antonio de Areco. Since 2002.
Writer of the script in the Poncho Ride Show I, II, III, IV and V.
Ponchos description of the Ponchos of Areco, of the exhibition Ministerio del Interior, Presidencia de la Nación. 2005.
She exposed in the early congress about the study and preservation of fabrics "Saving our fabrics….yesterday and today" of the research "the poncho as textil patrimony Cultural, and hallmark of identity in San Antonio de Areco". Universidad de Tucuman. August, 2006.
Many of the crafts she made were comissioned to celebrities of Argentina and also abroad.
Since 2006 she is a textil state judge in different expositions.
2007-2008 Textile techniques workshop - Directed by Carola Segura, textile artist.
2008 Creativity workshop - Directed by Tana Sachs, textile artist.
She has showed her new work at exhibition of Contemporary Textil Art at Textil Art Argentinian Center (XIV Salón de Mini textiles -Mayor de 20 menos de 40… cm- Instalación árbol). Todo Noticias programme “Colectivo Imaginario” among other things - 2009-2010.
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