Textiles of Resistance Workshop

Bring your cast off florals and brightly coloured rags and create a textile collage under the guidance of renowned Ukraine artist Oksana Briukhovetska. She has recently given workshops in Ukraine to women grieving loved ones lost in war. Whether you are preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, responding to other conflicts, injustices, and environmental crises globally, or simply wanting to be crafty, Oksana will guide you in assembling images and colours on fabric to tell stories of courage, protest, and hope. Oksana will give a short presentation with examples of textiles as resistance: Chilean arpilleras, Ukrainian embroidery, African-American quilts. We’ll also drink tea and talk about our experiences and dreams of protest and resistance.

Participants may work on a solo piece or choose to collaborate on a collective (group) project.

Sliding scale–$45 suggested