18th February – 25th March | Every Saturday | 12:00 – 14:00
P21 Gallery will host a series of workshops on The Art of Palestinian Tatreez.
There will be six workshops, each one will focus on one motif. The workshops will be divided as follows:
Tree of life: Cyprus tree | 18th Februay 2023
Coffee cup | 25th February 2023
Stitching resistance: Embroidery post-1948 | 4th March 2023
Flora and Fauna | 11th March 2023
Birds | 18th March 2023
Moon and the Stars | 25th March 2023
The workshops will be delivered by the Tatreez Collective, committed to documenting the cultural heritage of Palestine through the art of Palestinian cross-stitch. They view their practice as a way to document and promote Palestinian heritage, as well as an act of resistance in keeping Palestinian embroidery alive.
Each workshop will be 2 hours, to give timeto learn the motif and learn how to stitch it. We aim to have 20 attendees in each workshop.
All materials are provided.