'The public school of embroidery'. With Alessandra Celesia, Sophie Morin, Grazyna Areny, Julie Navarro, Laurent Pellissier, Javiera Hiault-Echeverria, Carlota Lohidoy in associacion with Hannah Casey and Lyndsey McDougall.
07- 26 February 2011. .
Opening: Thursday 10 February, 6-8pm
Opening hours: Tues- Fri 11am- 4pm, Sat 11am- 3pm
Open embroidery workshops, free for all intersted and for all stages of prefection or imperfection:
11 February
Friday
11am- 2pm
12 February
Saturday
11am- 2pm
15 February
Tuesday
10am-1pm
17 February
Thursday
6-9pm
22 February
Tuesday
10am-1pm
24 February
Thursday
6-9pm
Contemporary art is less strict with boundaries: what is art, what is craft, what is a hobby or happening? It is the creative potential and its social context what makes it interesting.
The 'collectif brodeuses 19', a Paris based embroidery collective is not a professional craft organization, but a loose group of people with different professional backgrounds and a common interest in needle craft.
They meet once a week in a coffee bar or at the 104 art center and work on their piece of embroidery, stitch collectively on a single fabric, chat and exchange ideas. The old, domestic craft of embroidery used as a public social event and as a creative form of self expression, patience, skill and joy.
'The public school of embroidery' documents the initiative of 'collectif brodeuses 19' with its multidisciplinary approach, social mix, cultural understanding and embroidered work. Following this collective sense, local crafts people, artists and hobbyists working in embroidery are invited, to meet in informal workshops. These sessions are free and open to all, with or without skill and knowledge of cross-button-hole or running stitch.
It is a project about the technique and craft of embroidery, its traditional and contemporary practice and the social context of its non industrial production.
