GATHERING PEOPLE: Canopies and Cushions [Workshop 3]

Gathering is a textile technique for adding ease and comfort to our clothes. It is also an old Irish proverb that speaks of the care and comfort to be found in the shelter and spaces of each other’s company. Sometimes it also refers to gathering our thoughts to find a solution to a puzzle.

The GATHERING PEOPLE cross-cultural textile workshops led by artists Kerrie Rudd and Julie Montgarrett aim to explore the many ways that gathering matters. How reclaimed cloth can be re-made in a collaborative design process, to create a welcoming, gathering space for everyone during the FUSION BOTANICAL [multicultural festival] in October this year.

A series of guided approaches, using recycled materials, during each workshop will explore the ways that forms of colourfully dyed, embroidered and appliqued large-scale canopies and inventive textile cushion-like forms can create a welcoming space for everyone to share.

No textile skills or knowledge required, and all materials and tools provided.

Date + Timing:
Sunday 29 June, 10:30AM to 3:30PM

Cost:
Free entry | Everyone is welcome
RSVP appreciated: https://events.humanitix.com/gathering-people-canopies-and-cushions

Venue:
Multicultural Council of Wagga Wagga
18 Station Place, Wiradyuri Ngurambang

NOTE: If you are feeling unwell, please stay home, rest and get better soon.

General photography and short videos (for social media) may be recorded at this event for promotional use only and to document this event internally. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know once you arrive.

We are committed to hosting inclusive and accessible events for everyone. If you need this information in another format or have any questions, please contact the Community Development Team on 1300 292 442 or Y29tbXVuaXR5IHwgd2FnZ2EgISBuc3cgISBnb3YgISBhdQ==

You may also like the following events from Fusion Multicultural Street Festival:

• This Sunday, 22nd June, 12:30 am, MENDING PEOPLE: Cross-cultural Textile Project [Workshop 2] in Wagga Wagga

Also check out other Workshops in Wagga Wagga, Festivals in Wagga Wagga, Arts events in Wagga Wagga.