PJ Gubatina Policarpio
NYC Textile Month
Join us on Saturday, September 15 at Brooklyn’s Industry City for design workshops. We invite all audiences to come gain exposure to design and the design process. No prior experience with design is needed to participate.
Program
Saturday September 15, 2018
Industry City
274 36th Street Brooklyn, NY
12:00 PM–2:00 PM: TEXTILE DESIGN WORKSHOP— EXPLORE COLOR AND PATTERN
Participants will play with color, pattern and other design elements to design textiles with San Francisco-based designer PJ Gubatina Policarpio and Cynthia Alberto, Founder and Director of Weaving Hand. This is a free event and offered on a first-come, first-served basis to audiences of all ages. Children must be over the age of 5 to participate.
This event is free. Registration is not required.
2:30–3:00 PM: COOPER HEWITT CONVERSATIONS
Join Cooper Hewitt curator Susan Brown in conversation with PJ Gubatina Policarpio to discover how the rich history of textiles informs current techniques and innovations. Geek out on the past, present, and future of textile design! This is a free event and offered on a first-come, first-served basis to audiences of all ages.
This event is free. Registration is not required.
3:00–4:00 PM: TEXTILE DESIGN WORKSHOP— EXPLORE WEAVING TECHNIQUES
Make your own textile with San Francisco-based designer PJ Gubatina Policarpio and Cynthia Alberto, Founder and Director of Weaving Hand! Learn the traditional indigenous back strap weaving technique, and leave with your own sample weaving. All materials will be provided. Recommended for audiences 18 years and older. Registration is required. $30 General Admission; $20 Cooper Hewitt Member, Student, Educator; $10 Seniors.
About the Program
Philippine Textile Lab traces indigenous, contemporary, and global textile traditions and intersections is a multi-disciplinary exploration using research, curatorial, education, and archiving practices to excavate, decolonize, archive, and engage with indigenous Philippine textiles and textile-making practices.
About the Artist
PJ Gubatina Policarpio is a socially-engaged educator, curator, programmer, writer, and community organizer. His multidisciplinary practice utilizes research, text, collaboration, programming, publications, pedagogy and public engagement as both art and tool. PJ creates spaces for meaningful interactions between communities and art, especially addressing a diverse, multilingual, and multicultural audience. He brings dynamic and wide-ranging experience in museum education, youth development, and arts administration, working in both New York City and San Francisco.
