MEND/AMEND with Winnie van der Rijn
When:
Saturday, Apr 12, 2025 12:00p -
2:00p
Saturday, Apr 12, 2025 12:00p -
2:00p
Where:
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell St
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
$15.00
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Good for Groups, Rainy Day Ideas, Social Good
Event website:
https://cambridgeart.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F10328
We are thrilled to have multi-disciplinary artist of opportunity Winnie van der Rijn leading this workshop for us in conjunction with the Gather Fiber Symposium this April!
Join me for a Quilting Bee style mending event! Quilting Bees have traditionally been used as a place for individuals to come together and affirm their communities. Taking this idea as inspiration we will we come together to collectively mend and amend a large vintage, tattered, stained, rescued American Flag. As we stitch we will take the opportunity to talk about ideas of freedom, as well as our concerns, fears, hopes and dreams for the country.
About the Instructor
Winnie van der Rijn is a multi-disciplinary artist of opportunity– collecting materials, experimenting with techniques and pursuing her curiosities. Her art practice includes textiles, sculpture, collage and collaboration (which she considers its own art form). She plays well with others. Winnie actively exhibits her work throughout the United States and internationally. A life long learner, Winnie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 with a BA in Sociology. She has studied printmaking, sculpture, metalsmithing and Marxist theory. In addition, Winnie has explored weaving, machine knitting, bookmaking, altars, exploding picture boxes, automata, shoe making, millinery, sewing, fusing, stamping, metal weaving, resin, riveting, precious metal clay and mixed media. She is wildly curious about how things are made. Her recently completed project 'How to Dismantle the Patriarchy' has shown in various locations including the Textile Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY), Dairy Arts (Boulder, CO), Museum of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, CA), The New Bauhaus (Iasi Romania), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN) and the self invented Museum of Natural Consequences (New York, NY). A. portion of the project will be on display on the CAA Wall in Kendall Square this Spring. Winnie has completed residencies at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, FabScrap in NYC, Chateau Orquevaux in France and MASSMoCA in Massachusetts. Winnie, a seventh generation Californian, is currently based in Cambridge. She and her husband are redefining what it means to be empty nesters.
