She is the author of Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia (Interweave Press, 1993) and is currently at work on a book and video about Bolivian Carnival. She has been guest curator of many exhibitions of Andean festival masks and costumes, including Colors of the Highlands: Dress of Peruvian Women in Los Angeles, Con Mucha Alegria at the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum and at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California; and! VIVA CARNIVAL! the Daniel J. Crowley Memorial Exhibition, at the University of California, Davis, Design Gallery.

Look for her curatorial expertise and collection of Bolivian costumes at the upcoming Dancing in the Streets exhibit of Carnival costumes, opening in October 1999 at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum, and at the Carnival exhibition opening at the Museum of International Folk Art in New Mexico in 2002, where she will be costume collector, consultant and catalog author for the Bolivian sections. The latter exhibition will travel to the St. Louis Art Museum and to the UCLA Fowler Museum, among others.

Over the course of 19 trips to South America and 8 to Thailand/Laos, Cynthia has amassed an unprecedented collection of slides in her specialty areas. This array includes artist portraits, detailed steps to the fiber processing and spinning, weaving and knitting, costume making and maskmaking, as well as vivid depictions of festival revelers on site---and much more!

Cynthia is available for informative and entertaining slide presentations in her special areas.

In recent months, Cynthia and a friend have joined forces to start "Behind The Scenes Adventures," an adventure travel company specializing in "Arts and Festival Tours" for small groups to South America and Southeast Asia. Expert guides will also join the group as we explore specific sites or travel to out-of-the-way weavers' or artisan's villages.

See www.btsadventures.com for detailed itinerary and application form