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ARTIST COLLECTIVE
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PAST EVENTS
40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse-The Quilt, the Contemporary Art Modern Projects, November 2021
Talking Threads: Knotters & Weavers of South Fl., The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, curated by Rebecca Dunham, November 2021-January 2022
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING DURING THREADING THE CITY
Florida Humanities awarded a Community Project Grant Award to Aluna Art Foundation for the public programming of Threading the City. Lead scholar Adriana Herrera, Ph.D., joins other invited scholars, including: Carol Damian, Ph.D., Carola Bravo, Ph.D., Francine Birbragher Ph.D., and Shelley Burian, Ph.D. Topics to be explored include the Pre-Hispanic origins of modern and contemporary fiber art and its continued presence in Latin America as well as sociopolitical uses of textile art in the 21st century. Florida Humanities-supported programming in conjunction with Threading the City are free and open to the public.
“Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
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October-January
Threading the City Celebrates Miami and the Burgeoning of the World of Textile Arts.
A great range of experimental textile art exhibitions, workshops, lectures, studio visits, installations, and events will thread across Miami from October-January 2023. Threading the City is a fusion of the Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA) and Aluna Art Foundation, Artnezs in Little River, The CAMP Gallery in North Miami, HARTVEST Project @ Pinecrest Gardens, The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Piero Atchugarry Gallery in the Miami Design District, Art Seen 365, RTCurated, Instituto Cultural de Mexico Miami at the Consulado General de Mexico, Miami, Partners for Art & Design, World Textile Art (WTA), and the Collective 62 in Liberty City.
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Funding for FAMA’s Threading the City is provided in part by the Ellies Art Awards, Oolite Arts.
“Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
“With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.”