Archive your own magic through the quiet rituals of drawing and embroidery. In this workshop led by Folk Lounge founder Shagho, you’ll craft a Hero’s Journey Scroll—inspired by  The Epic of Gilgamesh—as a living record of your personal mythology. Together, we’ll give form to the unspoken, the overlooked, and the nearly forgotten stories that have shaped your path. This is conservation work of the most personal kind:…

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn an overview of what the concept of duplicate stitch is and complete a duplicate stitch design on a knit sample provided by Inessa Illes, the teaching artist. The end goal is to teach a simple yet effective craft that can be used for small or big projects, if…

Learn about Porfirio Gutiérrez’s practice as a multidisciplinary textile artist who has created a visual language to reinterpret Zapotec tradition. Participants will have the opportunity to support his work and ancestral knowledge, with a sale event focused on weavings dyed with plants from the 2025 fall harvest.  

Zapotec-American multidisciplinary textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez will share the rich cultural history of harvesting and making cochineal dye and discuss how ancestral knowledge grounds his contemporary art practice. Participants will receive a range of materials to dip into the communal dye bath and learn more about how cochineal dye, derived from insects, reacts with different materials. Ages…