Embroidery & Storytelling Workshop

Embroidery & Storytelling 

The woman’s side of a family tree is often not acknowledged or passed on through textile skill sets passing down family and/or community stories. Such histories and skills can disappear under imperialist extortion, appropriation, and colonial processes. For migrant women*, the ability to embroider can help weave their history and narrative together, reflecting on their own experiences and identities, while passing the knowledge onto the next generation.

In this 4-hour, one-time weekend workshop, we hope to help develop the skills to guide you to answering the important questions: How can you tell your story through embroidery? How can you translate your story into a different medium of expression? How can family stories be passed down through learned skills? Why is it important to have the representation and passing on of family or community knowledge?

Participants will learn:

• To generate creative inspiration,
• how to stitch,
• brainstorm stories and creative ideas,
• create multi-textile art and stories,
• strengthen your own identity,
• express your identity through embroidery and storytelling,
• tell your story through embroidery,
• decolonize and empower yourself or through embroidery,
• to become more confident in sharing your history.