Común Unidad

WHEN:

March 4th 2023 to May 21st 2023
Ended

WHERE:

Toronto

WHAT:

Común Unidad presents the works of participants in a series of workshops facilitated by artist Soledad Fatima Muñoz and coordinated by curator and writer Yasmin Nurming-Por. Secure your place at the Get Tickets link. There is a one-time donation of $25 or higher.

Two dominant forms of artistic production — the arpillera and lanigrafia — became vital to communicating the mass disappearances happening in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970’s with the outside world. Made by collectives of women out of textile scraps embroidered on burlap or in men’s prisons out of yarn and glue, these methods became ways in which personal experiences articulated the struggles of wider communities.

Revisiting these crafts practices within Canada, Muñoz facilitated these workshops with pioneering arpilleristas Belgica Castro Fuentes and Hector Maturana Bañados in Brampton, Davenport-Perth and at the Textile Museum of Canada. In each gathering groups of strangers came together to learn the techniques, bring their own perspectives and share their stories. What emerged from these workshops were new networks of individuals who found connections through making that are immeasurable by the contents of these walls alone.

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 Textiles

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Help each other out, have fun! To make everyone welcome, please be nice and don't sell here. You can buy & sell here. 🥰❤️

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