2025 Single Day Events
Upcoming Events
Stamped & Soaked
In person / Workshop / Block-Print
Arushi is hosting a tea towel stamping workshop where participants will use vegetables and everyday objects such as nails and caps to create unique, hand-stamped patterns on tea towels. By mixing shapes inspired by nature with man-made objects, attendees will craft distinctive and creative designs, turning each tea towel into a one-of-a-kind canvas.
This hands-on session encourages exploration of texture and form through unconventional materials, inspiring personal expression in textile art.
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Arushi is a textile artist with nearly a decade of experience exploring the creative possibilities of textiles. Her work blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, reflecting a deep passion for fabric arts and innovative techniques. Through her practice, Arushi continuously experiments with texture, pattern, and form, inspiring others to appreciate the artistry of textiles.
Heer Mandalia is a photographer and graphic designer with a multidisciplinary art practice rooted in storytelling. She began taking photos as a teenager, drawn to capturing everyday moments and quiet details. Her work combines digital and analog techniques to explore memory, texture, and place. She works across photography, collage, and design, usually beginning with collecting images, references, and ideas. Her process is intuitive and thoughtful, focused on creating images that feel layered and emotional. Through her art, she builds visual narratives that connect feeling, form, and atmosphere.
Upcycling with Block Printing
In person / Workshop / Block-Print
Cynthia Director is hosting a workshop, Upcycling with Block Printing. This interactive workshop will start with a brief talk about block printing. After the talk, Cynthia will give a demonstration on how to create surface patterns using block prints (sourced from India). Participants are encouraged to bring old or old or existing textile items from around the house, such as napkins, placemats, second hand garments, and clothe that they can print on. They will have time to block print on their items and bring it home as a reimagined item. All inks are water-based.
Cynthia Director is a fashion and home textile designer and educator based in New York City and New Delhi. She has lived and worked in India for over a decade. Cynthia currently teaches screen printing for textile design at FIT, consults with home textile design businesses, and has a home decor textile line of craft based products. She received her MA in sustainable textiles from University of the Arts London: Chelsea, and her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.