QPIRG-McGill

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Continuing Through Stitch: Palestinian Embroidery Workshop is a two-hour presentation and hands-on beginner embroidery workshop exploring Palestinian embroidery as a living artistic practice that connects tradition with the realities of the present.The workshop will begin with a short presentation featuring artwork by Palestinian artist Kawn Bader. Through the work, Kawn will discuss how traditional Palestinian embroidery can be engaged with as a contemporary artistic language&mdash;one that responds to present-day experiences and realities while remaining connected to histories, memory, and cultural knowledge. The presentation will consider how embroidery can carry tradition forward while also documenting the present and creating traces that may be encountered by future generations. Participants will then take part in a hands-on introduction to Palestinian embroidery. They will learn basic cross-stitch techniques, how to prepare fabric and thread, how to read a motif pattern, and how to begin stitching a Palestinian geometric motif. The session will include demonstrations, individual guidance, time for practice, questions, and conversation. No previous embroidery experience is required. This event is part of Culture Shock, QPIRG-McGill&#39;s annual event series focused on decolonization, anti-racism, and migrant justice. The theme of this year&rsquo;s Culture Shock centers on refusing annihilation, interrupting hegemonic trajectories, and envisioning futures liberated from structures of domination and oppression. To see more of our events, check out our website <a fr-original-style="" href="https://qpirgmcgill.org/cs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">here</a>. Saturday, October 24th,&nbsp;2-4PMCit&eacute;-des-Hospitali&egrave;res (251 avenue des Pins), Noviciat room (2nd floor) ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATIONThe closest metro stations are Sherbrooke (orange line) and Place-Des-Arts (green line, wheelchair-accessible). Wheelchair access (ramp and elevator) can be found to the left of the building. Elevator access has 0 steps. Main entrance has 20 steps (5cm). There is an accessible washroom on the second floor, with 3 fixed bars and a door frame width of 34-36in. Thank you to Defund La Police for making this accessibility information available. Masks are not mandatory but encouraged.

Continuing Through Stitch: Palestinian Embroidery Workshop is a two-hour presentation and hands-on beginner embroidery workshop exploring Palestinian embroidery as a living artistic practice that connects tradition with the realities of the present.The workshop will begin with a short presentation featuring artwork by Palestinian artist Kawn Bader. Through the work, Kawn will discuss how traditional Palestinian embroidery can be engaged with as a contemporary artistic language—one that responds to present-day experiences and realities while remaining connected to histories, memory, and cultural knowledge. The presentation will consider how embroidery can carry tradition forward while also documenting the present and creating traces that may be encountered by future generations. Participants will then take part in a hands-on introduction to Palestinian embroidery. They will learn basic cross-stitch techniques, how to prepare fabric and thread, how to read a motif pattern, and how to begin stitching a Palestinian geometric motif. The session will include demonstrations, individual guidance, time for practice, questions, and conversation. No previous embroidery experience is required. This event is part of Culture Shock, QPIRG-McGill's annual event series focused on decolonization, anti-racism, and migrant justice. The theme of this year’s Culture Shock centers on refusing annihilation, interrupting hegemonic trajectories, and envisioning futures liberated from structures of domination and oppression. To see more of our events, check out our website <a href="https://qpirgmcgill.org/cs/" target="_blank">here</a>. Saturday, October 24th, 2-4PMCité-des-Hospitalières (251 avenue des Pins), Noviciat room (2nd floor) ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATIONThe closest metro stations are Sherbrooke (orange line) and Place-Des-Arts (green line, wheelchair-accessible). Wheelchair access (ramp and elevator) can be found to the left of the building. Elevator access has 0 steps. Main entrance has 20 steps (5cm). There is an accessible washroom on the second floor, with 3 fixed bars and a door frame width of 34-36in. Thank you to Defund La Police for making this accessibility information available. Masks are not mandatory but encouraged.

QPIRG-McGill

Continuing Through Stitch: Palestinian Embroidery Workshop

Noviciat room

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