INTERTWINED AT SUN VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART

Commissioned by the Sun Valley Museum of Art in Ketchum, Idaho for Intertwined: Weaving in Community


 
 

Contributing Artists: Organized by Tanya Aguiñiga and Natalie M. Godinez in collaboration with community members in Hailey, Ketchum, and Bellevue, Idaho, and with migrants living in shelters in Tijuana, México. Thank you to The Hunger Coalition, The Alliance of Idaho, the Advocates, and Nosotros United at Wood River High School.

 
 
 

In collaboration with community-based organizations across the Wood River Valley in Idaho, AMBOS created a series of textile-based workshops that culminated in a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. All the items created during the workshops and exhibited were gifted back to the contributing organizations to add to their art collections and to decorate the temporary shelter led by The Advocates for those escaping domestic violence, including several recently arrived asylum seekers from across Latin America.

Each workshop was designed with the community in mind. We led a teen-centered workshop in collaboration with Nosotros United, a Latinx organization at the local high school, and the museum’s interns. The teen workshop included ice dyeing using snow, relief printmaking, sewing, and embroidery. In collaboration with the Hunger Coalition, we led a workshop during their grocery distribution day using food scraps from their kitchen and plants from their garden to dye fabric and create cyanotypes. We also taught families how to embroider and encouraged them to draw on fabric. At each workshop, people sewed embroidered patches created in Tijuana, Mexico, by individuals seeking to cross the border, sending messages of hope and dignity to those living at the Advocates’ shelter. During these workshops, we created pillowcases, wall art, and two collaborative weavings that people visiting the museum could add to during the course of the exhibition.

Lastly, we hosted a fundraising workshop, with all proceeds going to the Alliance of Idaho, which directly works with migrants, providing legal support.

En colaboración con organizaciones comunitarias del Valle Wood River en Idaho, AMBOS creó una serie de talleres de textiles que culminaron en una instalación temporal en el Museo de Arte de Sun Valley. Todos los artículos creados durante los talleres y exhibidos fueron donados a las organizaciones contribuyentes para que los agregaran a sus colecciones de arte y decoraran el refugio temporal dirigido por The Advocates para quienes escapan de la violencia doméstica, incluyendo a varios solicitantes de asilo recién llegados de toda Latinoamérica.

Cada taller fue diseñado pensando en la comunidad. Organizamos un taller para adolescentes en colaboración con Nosotros United, una organización Latinx de la escuela preparatoria local, y los pasantes del museo. El taller para adolescentes incluyó teñido con nieve, grabado en relieve, costura y bordado. En colaboración con the Hunger Coalition, impartimos un taller durante su día de distribución de comestibles, utilizando restos de comida de su cocina y plantas de su jardín para teñir telas y crear cianotipos. También enseñamos a las familias a bordar y las animamos a dibujar sobre tela. En cada taller, las personas cosieron parches bordados creados en Tijuana, México, por personas buscando cruzar la frontera, quienes mandaron mensajes de esperanza y dignidad a aquellos viviendo en los albergues de The Advocates. Durante los talleres creamos fundas para cojines, arte para paredes y dos tejidos colaborativos a los que los visitantes del museo podían agregar durante el curso de la exposición.

Por último, organizamos un taller de recaudación de fondos, cuyas ganancias se destinaron íntegramente a la Alianza de Idaho, que trabaja directamente con migrantes y les proporciona apoyo legal.

 

Photos courtesy of Sun Valley Museum of Art and AMBOS Project.


 
 

VIDEO COURTESY OF THE HUNGER COALITION