We are delighted to invite you to participate in “Stitching Memory: Commemorating 50 years of Solidarity in Scotland”, an arpilleras art exhibition and workshop.

Arpilleras are a traditional Chilean textile craft, which has been used as a form of artivism. These colourful patchworks, crafted from burlap, weave together personal narratives and historical events, forming visually captivating stories. Emerging during the brutal era of the military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), arpilleras became a symbol of creative resistance.

Arpilleras Workshop:
Join us for an inspiring Arpilleras Workshop led by Jimena Pardo from Bordando la Memoria, where participants will come together to engage in the traditional Chilean textile craft of arpilleras. You will have the opportunity to create your own arpillera and learn basic sewing and embroidering techniques. 

Jimena Pardo is a second-generation Chilean who arrived in England with her mother in 1976 at the age of two. Jimena studied a BA in Fine Art Painting and Art for Society at Wolverhampton University, and a PGCE in Art and Design at Middlesex University. She works as an East London Art Teacher. Her current art practices include making banners, arpilleras, embroideries, working with recycled materials, using stitching, painting, screen printing, lino printing, and weaving to explore themes of self, memory, community, loss, and human connections.

Workshop date: 31 May, 17-20:00 hrs, Advanced Research Centre, Studio 2, University of Glasgow.
Free but ticketed. Limited spaces. Please reserve your ticket.

Organised by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow, in collaboration with Conflict Textiles and Bordando la memoria. Funded by the Glasgow Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund.

Accessibility:

For queries on accessibility at the ARC, please contact ARCEnquiries@glasgow.ac.uk or call the reception on +44 (0)141 330 4170.

Step-free access to Level 2, our publicly accessible ground floor.

Accessible and ambulant toilets are available throughout the building, as are gender neutral toilets. We have a Changing Places toilet located on Level 1, our lower ground floor; please ask at reception for support.

Baby feeding and changing facilities are available on Level 2. This includes access to a fridge, microwave, bottle warmer and sink.

You’re welcome to bring along your assistance dogs. Water bowls can be provided at Reception.

The closest Blue Badge parking bay is located on University Place. Please contact ARCEnquiries@glasgow.ac.uk should you need to arrange accessible drop-off and parking immediately next to the ARC.

All microphones in the building work in conjunction with an infrared hard of hearing system.

Vegan and vegetarian, gluten free menu available.

The workshop will be delivered in English, but all languages welcome!