In this workshop, we’ll explore how textiles can hold and express personal memories. Each week, you’ll engage in a different textile technique, creating pieces that reflect your own experiences and stories.

What to Expect:

Week 1: Dyeing with Meaning

Week 2: Embroidering Memories

Week 3: Weaving Stories

Week 4: Creating Textile Collages

Skills learnt:

Techniques in textile arts including dyeing, embroidery, weaving, and creating textile collages.

Who Should attend:

Beginners curious about textile arts.
Creatives interested in personal storytelling through textiles.
Anyone eager to learn basic textile techniques.
Why Attend:

To view textile arts as a medium for personal expression and exploration rather than rigid perfection.

Teaching Experience:

Francisco Berlanga is a Vancouver-based artist with a BFA from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. His practice reflects on his relationship to his Mexican identity as a second-generation immigrant through the lens of craft. He explores how one can inhabit a culture while being partially absent from it, engaging in discourse with his identity through traditional Mexican crafts.