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Culture Days will return September 20 – October 13, 2024.

And other monuments

In-person

Craft Digital & new media Fibre & textile arts Indigenous Visual arts
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Date and time

This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.

Location

Textile Museum of Canada

55 Centre Avenue

Old Toronto, ON

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

And other monuments is an exhibition tracing the movement of the ‘Oriental rug’ and other orientalia in relation to colonial trade, imperial bordering, and power. The exhibition includes an interactive workbook, archival documents, Tatreez (Palestinian cross stitch) by textile artist Samar Hejazi, and an intervention of the British Museum by multidisciplinary artist Roya DelSol. Placed alongside West Asian and Middle Eastern rugs, carpet bags, and other pieces from the Textile Museum of Canada’s permanent collection,

And other monuments invites a reading of textiles as maps or guides which are capable of tracing broader relationships to who moves, what moves, and how transnational, globalized mobilities of goods have always relied on ‘immobilizations’ of people.

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Organizer

Textile Museum of Canada

Located in downtown Toronto, we are the only museum in Canada dedicated to exploring the human experience through textiles.

The Museum ignites creativity, inspires wonder, and sparks conversation through the stories held within our global collection of textiles, and active engagement with contemporary art practices.

Contact

Leah Sanchez

events@textilemuseum.ca

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Textile Museum of Canada

Textile Museum of Canada Toronto, ON

The Textile Museum of Canada aims to inspire understanding of the human experience through textiles. We are the only museum in Canada delivering programs and exhibitions dedicated solely to textile arts. The Museum ignites creativity, inspi...