{"id":1996,"date":"2018-11-24T08:19:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T13:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:07:09","slug":"embroidering-with-seniors-at-midwood-active-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"Embroidering with seniors at Midwood Active Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through my (Im)migration Lines Artist Residency at Wyckoff House Museum,<\/strong> sponsored in part by a Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund grant, I led embroidery and textile arts workshops for local seniors at Midwood Active Adults from January \u00e2\u20ac\u201c June 2018. Workshops took place monthly, and included a visit and tour of Wyckoff House. I provided supplies and instruction; participants revived childhood and early adult skills in embroidery and needle arts, threading narratives through stitched drawings. We began with stitch samplers, after which, participants took initiative to create personally expressive artworks. Several finished pieces were included in the BAC-sponsored Nou la \u00e2\u20ac\u201c We Reach!<\/em><\/strong> exhibit at Wyckoff House from June \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 2018, and in the culminating exhibit for my residency, November 2018\u00e2\u20ac\u201cApril 2019.<\/p>\n

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Ardley holding embroidery hoop in progress. Week 4, 4\/11\/18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joan learning couching stitch and starting a stitch sampler, 4\/11\/18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joan’s couched heart. 4\/11\/18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pamela, an experienced embroiderer, participated in some of the workshops. Self-directed, she often asked for more complex stitches, like the pinwheel inside the “P” and the woven stitch at bottom left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Robin’s Self-Portrait in Progress. May 2018 workshop at Midwood Active Adults.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>Robin’s finished piece, above, installed at Wyckoff House Museum for the Nou la \u00e2\u20ac\u201c We Reach! exhibit, 2018.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pamela created this thread “painting” using chain stitch.<\/p>\n

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Linda, an experienced textile designer and artist, beginning embroidered and beaded artwork, 2\/7\/18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>Above is Linda’s finished piece, Untitled, installed at Wyckoff House Museum for the Nou la \u00e2\u20ac\u201c We Reach exhibit, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Works by participants in Midwood Active Adults embroidery and textile arts workshops installed alongside my works in BAC-sponsored Nou la \u00e2\u20ac\u201c We Reach! exhibit, 6\/16\/18.
Seniors’ works include the beaded, embroidered house by Linda Schneider (leftmost work) and “Fly Robin Fly!” by Robin Marion, bottom right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through my (Im)migration Lines Artist Residency at Wyckoff House Museum, sponsored in part by a Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund grant, I led embroidery and textile arts workshops for local seniors at Midwood Active Adults from January \u00e2\u20ac\u201c June 2018. Workshops took place monthly, and included a visit and tour of Wyckoff House. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,1368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residencies-collaborative-community-artmaking","category-wyckoff-house-museum-artist-residency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}