SHOPYARD

Weaving workshop
with Mónica Faria

19, 21, 26 and 28 February 2015
 18:00 - 21:00
Free / Registration needed

Inspired by the seamstresses, tailors, and haberdasheries commonly found in Braga’s first-generation shopping centres, textile artist Mónica Faria invited participants in this weaving workshop to explore the ancestral languages of textiles and their communicative power.

Through the act of weaving, participants were encouraged to create new points of contact and forms of dialogue with shopkeepers, transforming the practice into a space for gathering, sharing, listening, and debating the present and future of these shopping centres.

The workshop was structured over four sessions.





Mónica Faria (Espinho, 1979) is an artist, researcher, and lecturer. She holds a degree in Sculpture (FBAUP), a Master's in Visual Arts Education (FPCEUP), and a PhD in Art Education (FBAUP), having been an FCT research fellow from 2012 to 2016. Her artistic practice explores textiles, sculpture, gender, territory, identity, and education, and is reflected in scientific publications as well as national and international exhibitions. She is currently a researcher at Lab2PT/SpaceR and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Minho. She is also co-founder of DiTTA – Discourses, Territory, Textiles and Art – and collaborates on the REVIVE and Emergências projects, both focused on education and textile heritage.
https://www.amonicafaria.pt/