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Next Textile Talk (free, Zoom, May 13, 2pm EDT (GMT/UTC -4)):
(Un)Seen Labor: Motherhood and Care, Surface Design AssociationWhat is the value of care? Whose labor is seen, and how does loss impress itself into our bodies? Fiber artists Cassie Arnold and Catherine Reinhart will discuss their artistic practice in relationship to carework, grief, and haptic (hand) practices.
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The Textile Talks lecture on Boro is now on YouTube. Japanese mending, seen structurally, historically, artistically. Gorgeous shots of the exhibit.
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Next Textile talks (free, zoom, tomorrow, February 25, 2:00-3:00 PM EST [UTC -5])
Boro: The Hidden and the Visible in Japanese Mended Textiles, International Quilt Museum
"Boro" is a Japanese term associated with the cycle of use and reuse — of wearing something out and mending it, over and over. IQM's Marin Hanson talks with boro expert Dr. Yoshiko Wada; they will look at and discuss the IQM’s current exhibition."
Register: https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/textile-talks