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SUMMARY:Virtual Opening Reception: Fibreworks 2022
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DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the opening of Fibreworks 2022 with a virtual tour a
 nd discussion with jurors Yasmeen Nematt Alla and Hitoko Okada. .\nhttps:/
 /ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/6718816
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Celebrate the opening of the 19th edition 
 of <strong>Fibreworks </strong>with highlights from the exhibition. Join t
 he jurors of <a href="https://ideaexchange.org/cambridge-art-galleries/exh
 ibition/fibreworks-2022"><strong>Fibreworks 2022</strong></a>\, Yasmeen Ne
 matt Alla and Hitoko Okada\, for a virtual tour and discussion of the artw
 orks selected.</p>\n<p><strong>Yasmeen Nematt Alla</strong> (she/her) is a
 n Egyptian immigrant and settler living in Tkaronto\, Turtle Island (colon
 ially known as Toronto\, Ontario). Her practice centres alienated collecti
 vist narratives from an immigrant&rsquo\;s and an interpreter&rsquo\;s per
 spective. As someone who lives between cultures\, she deciphers language b
 arriers attached to togetherness through textiles\, performance\, and reac
 tive sculptures that are often situated in social practice. She wonders ho
 w translation\, experiences\, and visuals intertwine with care\, grief\, a
 nd community building. She has most recently exhibited at the Grebel Galle
 ry\, Gladstone Hotel\, Xpace Cultural Center\, and ACRE Projects. As an ar
 tist worker\, she supports art organizations in creating accessible and an
 ti-racist modes of communications in their day-to-day operations.</p>\n<p>
 <strong>Hitoko Okada</strong> is an interdisciplinary fibre artist\, story
 teller and curator currently living in Hamilton\, Ontario. She has continu
 ed to develop her craft practice through artist residencies and workshops 
 at Haystack School of Craft in Maine\, USA and Kawashima School of Textile
 s in Kyoto\, Japan. Her projects\, exhibitions\, performances and programs
  have been publicly presented in Vancouver\, Toronto\, Burlington and Hami
 lton. She is a recipient of Hamilton City Arts Award for Established Artis
 t in Craft\; a core member of the Hamilton Seven Storytelling Collective\,
  and a member of the Burlington Handweavers and Spinners Guild. She is cur
 rently developing a research-based body of work exploring the history and 
 ancestral knowledge of cultural heritage craft of Japanese indigo\, kakish
 ibu dye\, shifu weaving\, supported by the Ontario Arts Council and Canada
  Council of the Arts.</p>\nhttps://ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/6718816
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