Join Buenezas to learn basic weaving techniques using yarn and wool while incorporate local plants. Participants will learn how fibers from local plants in South Florida and the Caribbean have been used for weaving and creating textiles. Participants will build a simple and accessible loom utilizing recycled and foraged materials like cardboard and branches. Registration is required. For more information, please contact the branch at 786-584-4106 or walkert@mdpls.org. Ages 8 yrs.+
About the Artist:
Gabriela Serra (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, certified Restorative Justice circle-keeper, and urban farmer born in Caracas, Venezuela, and currently based in Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her practice comprises filmmaking, photography, and community facilitation (through workshops and support circles) focusing on exploring and regenerating relationships between humans and non-humans, bodies and the land, and the present self with ancestral histories. With community, family, and friends, she co-creates intergenerational spaces and projects in which oral tradition is practiced and honored in value for the love and care of neighbors making food and tending gardens together and where we can be vulnerable with each other. Although her art is often temporary, the relationships and connections formed remain transformative.
AGE GROUP: | Young Adult (12-18) | Tween (8-12) | Older Adults (55+) | Families | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | STEAM | In-Person | History | Arts & Crafts |
TAGS: | YOUmake | Tween | Teen | In-Person | Hobbies & Special Interest | Environmental Science | Arts and Crafts | Adults (21+) |
Mon, Oct 21 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Oct 22 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Oct 23 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Oct 24 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Oct 25 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 26 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Oct 27 | Closed |