Casa Herrera is a program of The Mesoamerica Center
Welcome
The Casa Herrera is a new research, conference and teaching facility located in the heart of Antigua, Guatemala, operated by the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the Fundación Pantaleón.
As an extension of the university’s Mesoamerica Center, the Casa Herrera focuses on the varied and inter-related disciplines that contribute to the study of Pre-Columbian art, archaeology, history and culture. Its larger mission is to create new opportunities for education and research, facilitating learning and dialogue in many fields of study, among scholars and students from many institutions and nations in Central America and beyond.
News and Announcements
2011 Maya Meetings
Time and Prophecy in the Mesoamerican World
March 23-25, 2011 (Workshops)
March 26-27, 2011 (Symposium)
The University of Texas at Austin
Registration for the workshops and symposium will begin October 15, 2010.
Learn more on the Maya Meetings website, or email Paola Bueché for additional information.
Casa Herrera featured in Inside Our Campus magazine
This online magazine of The University of Texas at Austin featured a story about Casa Herrera, including its origins and purpose.
Student Visiting Scholar Milady Casco writes about her time at Casa Herrera in Art Education newsletter
University of Texas at Austin Art Education graduate student Milady Casco, who spent time at Casa Herrera working on her master’s thesis, wrote about her experiences learning traditional textile weaving in Scope, the annual newsletter of the Art Education division of the Department of Art and Art History.