About this Event
Contribute to artist Sabba S. Elahi's communal embroidery project to memorialize and remember the names of women and children, who have died inside Pakistan by U.S. led drone attacks from 2004-2016. Since 2014 Elahi has been working largely through performance with the online archive, "Naming the Dead," initially published by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism & now housed with Airwars. The archive provides the source materials for the names and stories that inform Elahi's project.
All materials are provided for the workshop, open to all skill levels, and all are welcome. A stitching and embellishing demo will be at the beginning of the workshop.
Sabba S. Elahi is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, educator, and cultural worker who grew up in a traditional Pakistani household in the Midwest. Her artwork and teaching confront the politics of otherization, representation, and cultural resistance. As a cultural worker, she seeks to complicate the narratives of the South Asian Diaspora, Muslim Americans, and to center the voices of communities who have been marginalized. Elahi’s exhibitions include group shows at the Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Prizm Miami Art Fair, Abrons Art Center (NYC), and recent solo exhibitions at Northwestern University’s Dittmar Gallery. Sabba S. Elahi received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Venue: Chicago Cultural Center - Exhibition Hall
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Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, United States
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