Machu Picchu Gallery celebrates 50 years

Cultural celebration

More than 50 years after opening the Machu Picchu Gallery of the Americas in Los Gatos, Olga Enciso Smith is hosting La Peña de la Unidad, a cultural gathering, on July 18–19  in downtown San Jose, where her gallery is currently located.

Since opening her gallery in 1974, Peruvian-born Smith, 81, has used it as a cultural bridge, introducing South Bay residents to Indigenous textiles, ceramics and visual storytelling traditions from across Latin America.

“These works carry memory,” says Smith.