Photo courtesy of Warmi Küyen 4 Mar 2025
11:00 - 14:00
Workshop: 100 Butterflies for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Girls, and Non-Binary People
On 4 March, Framer Framed hosts the workshop 100 Butterflies for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Girls, and Non-Binary People, an initiative by feminist textile collective Warmi Küyen. They aim to promote the creation of safe spaces and powerful feminist networks that encourage reflection and dialogue. With a focus on migrant communities in the Netherlands, Warmi Küyen helps to develop personal and collective strategies that contribute to gender equality and the eradication of gender-based violence.
Warmi Küyen seeks to incite and activate collective political reflection and social connection, addressing urgent shared challenges in a creative way. They invite everyone to practice basic but inspiring textile handcrafts, such as appliqué and hand embroidery, informed by personal stories, experiences, and dreams. Together with participants, they will create a collective textile inspired by the Arpillera technique (a Chilean textile collage).
Every participant is invited to create a butterfly (as a symbol for women and non-binary adults) or a caterpillar (as a symbol for girls and non-binary teenagers), which will be joined together on a large canvas (3.0 m x 1.5 m) embroidered by Warmi Küyen.
The finalised Arpillera will be taken to the streets during the feminist march on International Women’s Day in Amsterdam on 8 March. It will then continue to travel, accompanying demonstrations, seminars, and galleries in other cities and spaces, spreading its message from 2025 onward.
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About
Warmi Küyen is a feminist collective of Latin American women and textile artists/artisans, based in Amsterdam. It was co-founded by Monet Barraza Madariaga and La Javi Textil in 2023.
In close collaboration with Minerva Women’s Group and Casa Migrante from Amsterdam; Demo in Eindhoven; Stitching to Resist in Enschede; Framer Framed in Amsterdam; De Voorkamer Project in Utrecht; Feministas in Rotterdam; Lola Lieven in Amsterdam New-West; and others, the initiative will take place in various cities across the Netherlands between November 2024 and April 2025.
This event is in English. Admission is free.
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This event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture taken.
Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.
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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
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories
Practical workshop series on female textile heritage
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Monet Barraza Madariaga
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