Oaxacan Embroidery Workshop with Concepción Duran

65 Saint James Street,Kingston NY 12401

12 November, 2022

Description

About the Workshop In this beginner embroidery workshop, Kingston artist Concepción Duran will teach participants the stitches and designs used in traditional Oaxacan embroidery. Create a work of art you can take home inspired by the indigenous cultures of Oaxaca. This workshop will be taught in Spanish and English, with simultaneous interpretation available. No prior sewing experience needed! All materials will be provided for this workshop. Thanks to the support of our funders, the true cost to participate in these workshops is $15 per person. To remove financial barriers to access, the Reher Center is offering a sliding scale for entry. Our purpose is to acknowledge that various forms of systemic oppression result in economic disparity, so please select the rate you can afford while supporting local artists. If you need to pay less than $15 to participate, please do. If you are able to pay the $15 ticket price, please do. About the Artist Concepción Duran is a master of traditional Oaxacan embroidery and a member of Kingston’s diverse community of Latino/a/x immigrants. Embroidery is a key part of Concepción’s family traditions; she learned her sewing skills and many of her designs from her mother, who learned from Concepción’s grandmother. Today, Concepción continues this legacy by teaching her daughters to embroider. Concepción and her mother Antonia, who still lives in Oaxaca, often collaborate on projects, with Antonia sewing blouses and huipil that Concepción embroiders with traditional floral and animal motifs inspired by her Zapotec and Mixtec roots. This workshop is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson. Thank you to our supporter Good Work Institute for hosting our Sewing in Kingston artist workshops this fall. Interpretation is made possible through the support of the Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health.