THREAD AND ROSES w/ ANNIE ZIRIN

One-day   |   5:30 – 8:30PM   |   Tuesday, August 18   |   Sliding Scale

This workshop explores stitching’s role in contemporary fiber art practice. Embroidery can be used for image making, visible mending, text, multimedia collage, and even to create 3-D forms. Participants will begin with this session learning a ‘vocabulary’ of traditional embroidery stitches, making samplers to practice a variety of line, texture, images, and techniques. In the second half of the workshop, participants will apply what they’ve learned to create a wearable patch. We will learn some transfer techniques and how to stitch text. Patches could be an image or a political statement. Any level of experience is welcome.

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Annie Zirin is an artist and educator with over 20 years of teaching experience. Annie’s studio practice involves fiber arts such as weaving, crochet and embroidery, as well as political comics and graphic arts. She teaches art workshops in schools and community centers around the city and also offers museum tours that illuminate art histories grounded in social movements “from below.” For more info follow her on IG @IArtNY.com