Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India

About Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India

Artisans by Design chronicles the journey of developing the first design school for artisans in India and fifteen years of artisans learning design. Spanning 50 years, the story is told in vignettes of artisans who were part of the journey, intertwined with the author’s story. Through this dialogue, the reader experiences what happened, how and why, and what its impact has been on traditional artisans in the contemporary world.

In this richly illustrated lecture, Frater offers personal connections to people usually glimpsed from a distance and insights into tradition, craft, and the creativity of traditional artisans The talk provides textile aficionados and people concerned with sustainability an authentic, fresh approach to development, illuminates sustainability as cultural heritage, and presents development as human centered.

The capacity for this class is 300 students.

Judy Frater

    Ashoka Fellow Judy Frater lived with artisans of Kutch for three decades, where she founded Kala Raksha Trust and Museum, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, the first design school for artisans, and reinvented the school as Somaiya Kala Vidya. She has been honored with the Sir Misha Black Medal for Design Education, the Drafts Council of India Kamla award, the Designers of India Design Guru Aware and more. Previously Associate Curator at the Textile Museum, author of Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris, and The Art of the Dyer in Kutch. She has written and lectured extensively on craft and has over 9,000 following. She now lives in Santa Fe, NM.

    https://www.textilesalive.com

    IG: @judyfrater

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Single 90-min live online session.

Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recording of the class.

Nov
18th
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India
MAFA - The MidAtlantic Fiber Association

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MAFA - The MidAtlantic Fiber Association

MAFA - The MidAtlantic Fiber Association

The MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) represents and supports a community of fiber arts guilds in the greater Mid-Atlantic region.

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