Join us to celebrate the fall season while we learn with the East New York Farms community!
Artist justine nguyễn-nguyễn will lead a workshop on the practice and poetics of mending. We will explore the empathetic techniques of patching and darning by hand.
Take home a piece to pair with the appreciation of tea. Bring your own clothes/textiles to practice repair. There will be supplementary materials to work with and open time for hands-on instruction and questions.
11am Tea Appreciation and Odes to Common Things poetry with Robin Lampman *continued until the end of the event
12pm Workshop on the practice and poetics of mending led by artists justine nguyễn-nguyễn and Annette Perry
Herbalism Resources, and make your own herbal sachet
Farmers’ Market. Lunch is available to purchase at the market.
Limited spots. All are welcome!
The event is rain or shine.
Reflection from the artist:
“ Through mending, one becomes attuned to the breath within common things. Time gathers layers. We enter its cyclical and seasonal nature, honoring the past while committing to the future. “
About justine nguyễn-nguyễn
justine hồng-giang nguyễn-nguyễn was born on a Monday morning; today, nguyễn-nguyễn is making, mending, and writing. Building upon experience as a garment worker, n-n’s work between text and textile converses with the cultural and corporeal histories of the hand-me-down. Alongside a textile repair service, nguyễn-nguyễn is working on an interlingual poetic manuscript, "second chants.”
