El Adiós and Refugio connected in the same textile language © Warmi Küyen / Framer Framed 9 Jul –
23 Jul 2024
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories
You are warmly invited to the Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories. The cycle consists of three sessions on 9, 16 and 23 July 2024 that include dialogue and videos to reflect on Arpilleras – textile works with embroidered illustrations handcrafted by women – as well as on the concepts of memory and refuge. The workshop will be led by textile artisans Monet Barraza Madariaga and La Javi Textil.
We regret to inform you that the first workshop on 9 July is cancelled but an additional meeting has been rescheduled for 30 July. Please note that the subsequent workshop dates on 16 and 23 July are going ahead as planned.
In Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories participants will learn how to reevaluate their own experiences and knowledge while awakening their creativity, recognising and admiring the Arpilleras’ capacity to create meaningful and profound dialogues and concrete actions. These dialogues and actions are threaded in the fabric and narrate the struggles, resistances and dreams of their creators with determination and without fear.
You don’t need to be an expert in textile art or embroidery to participate, you just need to be willing to learn and be inspired by this powerful textile technique. Practically, participants will learn basic techniques of composition, colour combinations and stitches, so that they can make their own textile pieces inspired by the Arpilleras. At the end of the cycle of workshops, each participant will have designed and made their own Arpillera (30 x 25 cm).
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories seeks that participants feel confident to bring personal and collective memories, experiences and hopes to answer: What does refuge mean to us? Where is refuge located? What is it and how does it feel? Who are those that make us feel safe and loved? And most importantly, how can we collectively ensure refuge to all?
About
Monet Barraza Madariaga is, among other things, a textile artisan residing in Amsterdam. Her textile language is embroidery and textile recycling, especially through Arpilleras. She is passionate about sharing and spreading this knowledge, facilitating meetings and workshops.
La Javi Textil is an artist and textile artisan residing in Amsterdam. She dedicates herself to the realisation of textile art workshops, as well as her personal work embroidering images and themes inspired by the flora and fauna of South America, the astronomy and the cosmovision of native peoples.
Both organisers belong to the textile collective Warmi Küyen, based in Amsterdam New West in the artistic community of 1800 Roeden.
9 July, 18:00—21:00 -> this session is cancelled.
16 July, 18:00—21:00
23 July, 18:00—21:00
Rescheduled session: 30 July, 18:00—21:00
This event is in English and free of charge.
Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.
Diaspora / Feminism / Shared Heritage / Workshop /
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Agenda
Documentary Screening: Retazos Móviles at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Screening of Retazos Móviles, a documentary about resistance, migration and collective memories through the Arpilleras textile tradition
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Molenwijk Textile Memories
Practical workshop series on female textile heritage in Werkplaats Molenwijk
Symposium: Revisiting the Past, Shaping the Future
Lessons from Chile's Former President Allende and International Solidarity Movements
Network
Monet Barraza Madariaga
Artist
