Reclaiming Our Weaving Traditions

Saturday, September 21, 2024Newark Museum of Art49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Ages 15 and up (participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult)$85 The goal of Reclaiming Our Weaving Traditions is to share our passion for handweaving with those who have been historically, and continue to be, excluded from the fiber arts community. To that end, we will prioritize registrations from folks from racial and ethnic groups that are disproportionately underrepresented among our region's handweaving guilds. To register, complete this form. Your space is not guaranteed until your registration is complete.  Making cloth is a tradition that belongs to all of us. This introduction to weaving class invites you to reconnect with your personal weaving heritage. Before colonization and exploitative industrialization, weaving was an art by, and for, ourselves. Despite the rich global tradition of weaving, weavers of color are a very small percent of handweavers in our r