Tobi Lopez Taylor, MA

Edited the script for this online exhibit at the Arizona State Museum, which opened on July 19, 2023. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1b0c1320cf34492e940adf6e091d23cb

"Textile weaving is a long-standing practice in Indigenous communities throughout the world. In the Southwest, many groups, including Diné (Navajo), Tohono O’odham, and Yoeme (Yaqui) peoples, have kept weaving traditions alive in a multitude of forms. Weaving is more than a craft; it is a way of life and holds… Show more

Edited the script for this online exhibit at the Arizona State Museum, which opened on July 19, 2023. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1b0c1320cf34492e940adf6e091d23cb

"Textile weaving is a long-standing practice in Indigenous communities throughout the world. In the Southwest, many groups, including Diné (Navajo), Tohono O’odham, and Yoeme (Yaqui) peoples, have kept weaving traditions alive in a multitude of forms. Weaving is more than a craft; it is a way of life and holds countless lessons that remain central to contemporary Indigenous life." Show less

Copy edited this Heard Museum exhibit catalog by Robert Bauver.

Edited the script for this exhibition, which opened on September 10, 2022.

This exhibit shares stories and traditions that were documented as part of the Southwest Folklife Alliance's End of Life: Continuum project supported by the Arizona End of Life Care Partnership with funds from the David and Lura Lovell Foundation. It celebrates both private and public practices and traditions of caregiving, grieving, memorializing, and preparing and planning for end of life. With videos, images… Show more

Edited the script for this exhibition, which opened on September 10, 2022.

This exhibit shares stories and traditions that were documented as part of the Southwest Folklife Alliance's End of Life: Continuum project supported by the Arizona End of Life Care Partnership with funds from the David and Lura Lovell Foundation. It celebrates both private and public practices and traditions of caregiving, grieving, memorializing, and preparing and planning for end of life. With videos, images, stories, installations and interactions, it invites viewers to contemplate their own relationship with and communal practices around death and dying. Show less

Edited the script and the catalog for this Heard Museum exhibition, which ran from November 5, 2021 to March 6, 2022.

Edited the exhibit script and ancillary materials for this exhibit:

"Through the language of color and design, the iconic Mexican Saltillo sarape expresses Indigenous, Spanish, and Mexican history, traditions, and textile techniques. Co-curated by ASM with Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, this exhibit explores the origins, spread, and role today of the Saltillo sarape design. Learn about the cultivation of wild plants and insects for producing dyes and how the Porfirio… Show more

Edited the exhibit script and ancillary materials for this exhibit:

"Through the language of color and design, the iconic Mexican Saltillo sarape expresses Indigenous, Spanish, and Mexican history, traditions, and textile techniques. Co-curated by ASM with Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, this exhibit explores the origins, spread, and role today of the Saltillo sarape design. Learn about the cultivation of wild plants and insects for producing dyes and how the Porfirio Gutiérrez Studio is helping a new generation of weavers deepen their connection to Zapotec culture and embrace a path toward sustaining their identity for the future. On view are historic textiles from Mexico, New Mexico, and Indigenous communities, contemporary textiles, including six woven by Gutiérrez specifically for this exhibit, and related objects, photographs, illustrations, and videos." Show less

Edited the accompanying text for this virtual tour.

Edited the catalog for this Heard Museum exhibition.

Edited the catalog for the Heard Museum's upcoming exhibit, curated by Diana Pardue and Erin Joyce

Edited the catalog for the Heard Museum's 2019 exhibition "Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles," curated by Dr. Ann Marshall and Carol Ann Mackay, with input from Mellon Fellows Velma Kee Craig, Natalia Miles, and Ninabah Winton.

Edited the text for this exhibition, which runs from October 26, 2019 to January 23, 2021. From the exhibition's webpage: "Wooden masks worn by Pascola dancers hold deep ritual significance for the Mayo and Yaqui communities of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Showcasing masks from ASM’s James S. Griffith Collection, this exhibit examines masks and related traditions that are integral to the lifeways of the Mayo and Yaqui people. Guest curated by Santiago Benton (Mayo) and Yaqui Pascola… Show more

Edited the text for this exhibition, which runs from October 26, 2019 to January 23, 2021. From the exhibition's webpage: "Wooden masks worn by Pascola dancers hold deep ritual significance for the Mayo and Yaqui communities of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Showcasing masks from ASM’s James S. Griffith Collection, this exhibit examines masks and related traditions that are integral to the lifeways of the Mayo and Yaqui people. Guest curated by Santiago Benton (Mayo) and Yaqui Pascola elders, in collaboration with Dr. Griffith and Arizona State Museum." Show less

The photographic collection at Arizona State Museum has been designated an American Treasure, a status underscoring the importance of one of the nation's most prized assemblages of documentary materials. More than half a million prints, negatives, transparencies, and movie films document human ingenuity and cultural traditions in what is now the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico from 13,000 years ago to the present. This exhibit features choice examples from the vast collection.