Within the exhibition realized by the curatorial team of WHW, and under the title Stories,temporary, set and opened on April 11, 2018. in the Nova Gallery, the works of asylum seekers under international protection in the centers Kutina and Hotel Porin, Zagreb, which were created at creative-therapeutic workshops mentored and conducted by CIMO - Center for Research of Fashion and Clothing in the form of conversations and embroidery with needle and thread on textiles.
This is how interesting and embroidered stories were created, and such is the title of this part of the exhibition. Under this title, I'm telling you a story ... with a needle and thread we find a series of very strong works embroidered with needle and thread as a result of a creative workshop.
CIMO - Center for Research of Fashion and Clothing, in cooperation with RCT, Zagreb, within the project Creation, Affirmation, Integration, conducted workshops prepared for persons under international protection in asylum centers in the form of creative-therapeutic workshops on embroidery with thread and needle on textiles, for 12 months (2016, 2017). This project is supported by the Ministry of Family, Youth and Social Welfare, and for persons under international protection.
The content of the workshop, set in the title, aimed to encourage integration through socializing and creative work in the workshops of the therapeutic embroidery program, where users use their traditional skills in working on textiles, which resulted in a large number of textile creations shown at various exhibitions.
The workshop of creative thread embroidery on textiles lasted 24 weeks, gathered participants in large numbers (Kutina 52 and Porin 59), females and males, aged 7 - 61 years.
The exhibition works were selected with regard to the dominant themes, and under the title I'm telling you a story ... with a needle and thread.
The following thread and needle embroidered stories are on display:
1. My name is written here
2. We had the most beautiful house
3. We had the most beautiful flowers in the garden
4. We had different pets
5. My heart is broken
Project mentor: Tonči Vladislavić
Collaborators: Lea Vene, Ivana Čuljak
Photographs: Tjaša Kalkan, Sandra Špika
* The project of the creative workshop by embroidering with needle and thread on textiles was conducted by Cimo in cooperation with RCT, Zagreb, within the project Creation-Affirmation-Integration, as part of encouraging the integration of persons under international protection 2016 and 2017.
* The project is funded by the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy; implementation period: 1.11.2016. - 31.10.2017.
* Photography: Gallery Nova, WHW
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