BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30955@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230512T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230512T200000 DTSTAMP:20230425T161452Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/introductory-palestinian-embroidery -class/ SUMMARY:Introductory Palestinian Embroidery Class DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DC\nThe Qatar America Institute for Culture and t he Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP) are thrilled to host an Intro ductory Palestinian Embroidery Class with Wafa Ghnaim on Friday\, May 12\ , from 6 – 8 pm at QAIC’s headquarters (1319 18th St NW\, Washington D C.)\n\nJoin instructor\, textile researcher\, author and curator\, Wafa Gh naim in this Introductory Palestinian Embroidery Class focused on the amul et motif. The amulet is one of the oldest patterns found in Palestinian em broidery\, known for its protective qualities that provide good luck to th e wearer. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, the tradi tional Palestinian dress (thobe) often incorporated a multitude of amulet motifs\, regardless of the regional origination of the embroiderer. This c lass will introduce the amulet motif within an art historical analysis\, e mphasizing its history\, origins and meaning. The instructor will provide hands-on Palestinian embroidery instruction\, guiding students on how to p roduce the cross-stitch using historic methodologies.\n\nA small kit with supplies and pattern will be furnished to each student on the day of the c lass. Please do not bring food and ensure that your drinks are covered. Al l experience levels are welcome to participate in this event.\n\nPlease no te that May 15\, 2023\, will be a commemorative event acknowledging 75 yea rs since the 1948 al-Nakba\, or "catastrophe" in Arabic. This is a safe sp ace for Palestinians in attendance to share their oral histories and share embroideries from their family. For those that are not Palestinian\, plea se connect with the instructor in advance if you have any questions about this classroom experience.\n\nThis class is jointly hosted by The Tatreez Institute\, Qatar America Institute for Culture\, and Museum of the Palest inian People. When registering for this event\, you are opting into the em ail lists for these three groups. There will be an option to unsubscribe t o the list after receiving the first email. Space is limited\, register to day!\n\nProceeds from the registration fee will be support The Tatreez Ins titute\, QAIC and MPP.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Instructor\n\nWafa Ghnaim i s a Palestinian researcher\, author and educator who began learning embroi dery from her mother\, award-winning artist Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim\, when sh e was two years old. Her first book\, “Tatreez &\; Tea: Embroidery an d Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora” (2018)\, documents the tradi tional patterns and stories passed on to her by her mother. Wafa has since become a leading educator in the field of Levantine embroidery and textil e art history\, as the first-ever Palestinian embroidery instructor at the Smithsonian Museum\, Curator for the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently\, Senior Research Fellow for The Met ropolitan Museum of Art. Wafa continues her mother’s educational legacy through The Tatreez Institute (Tatreez &\; Tea)\, a global arts educati on initiative she began in 2016 teaching courses in Palestinian embroidery and lecturing at leading institutions\, museums and universities around t he world. Wafa has since been featured in major media outlets\, including Vogue Magazine\, which named her and her mother “the world’s leading g uardians of tatreez”. Her curatorial debut TATREEZ INHERITANCE is on vie w at the Museum of the Palestinian People through September\, 2023.\n\nAbo ut the Tatreez Institute\n\nThe Tatreez Institute (معهد التطريز )\, also known as Tatreez &\; Tea\, is a Palestinian-led educational ar ts initiative focused on the preservation\, documentation and research of textiles in the South West Asia &\; North Africa (SWANA) region. Embroi dery\, or tatreez (تطريز)\, is a centuries-old practice preserved thr ough intergenerational exchange over a cup of tea\, or shay (شاي). Insp ired by generations of fiber artists\, The Tatreez Institute continues the rich traditions of embroidery\, textile and storytelling of Palestine\, t he Palestinian diaspora and Greater Syria from the United States.\n\nAbout Museum of the Palestinian People\n\nThe Museum of the Palestinian People is the first museum in Washington D.C. devoted to exploring and celebratin g Palestinian history\, arts\, and culture. It started in 2015 as a travel ing exhibit\, visiting over 50 locations across the country\, and has now found a home in the heart of the nation’s capital. By sharing the storie s of the Palestinian people with those who walk through our doors\, we inv ite the world to discover what unites us all.\n\nAbout QAIC\n\nFounded in 2017\, the Qatar America Institute for Culture (QAIC) is an independent 50 1(c)(3) non-profit organization that creates\, curates\, and executes prog rams and research that amplify the prominence of all forms of art and cult ure in society. QAIC cultivates artistic expression and cultural dialogue from the United States\, Qatar\, and the larger Arab and Islamic worlds.\n \n \;\n\n[Image credit: The Tatreez Institute\, Tatreez &\; Tea Tre e of Life Workshop at Watan Studios\, December 2017 ] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-25-at-12.12.53-PM.png CATEGORIES:Embroidery LOCATION:Qatar America Institute for Culture\, 1319 18th St NW\, Washington \, DC\, 20036\, United States GEO:38.907781;-77.041357 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1319 18th St NW\, Washingto n\, DC\, 20036\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Qatar America In stitute for Culture:geo:38.907781,-77.041357 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR