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Handmade: Creating Textiles in South Asia

Name: Handmade: Creating Textiles in South Asia
Start: 2021-08-11T00:00:00-06:00
End: 2022-04-10T23:59:59-06:00
Location: The Textile Museum, George Washington University

August 11, 2021 - April 10, 2022

GW Art History Professor Cristin McKnight Sethi invited a group of artists in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan to create new textiles inspired by artworks in The Textile Museum Collection. These contemporary makers interpreted centuries-old textile techniques, patterns and motifs in fresh ways, presenting theirnew works alongside historical counterparts.

Image: Embroidered phulkari textile. Photo by Lori Kartchner.

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Start:: August 11, 2021
End:: April 10
Event Categories:: Global Textile Event, Global Textile Events
Website:: https://museum.gwu.edu/handmade-creating-textiles-south-asia

Venue

The Textile Museum, George Washington University

Washington D.C.

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