04/22/2024
By Elizabeth Pellerito
The Rev. Dana McLean Greeley Fellowship for Peace Studies at UMass Lowell presents renowned artist, researcher and curator Wafa Ghnaim for an online discussion on the history of Palestinian dress and embroidery techniques as works of art, and as social and resistance history. Ghnaim will present research from her historical collections as well as from her fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 25 from noon to 2 p.m. Please register for the Zoom link.
Wafa Ghnaim is a Palestinian dress historian, researcher, author, archivist, curator, educator and embroideress who began learning embroidery from her mother, award-winning artist Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim, when she was 2 years old. Wafa has since become a leading educator in SWANA dress history and embroidery techniques, as the first-ever Palestinian embroidery instructor at the Smithsonian Museum.
For questions, contact Elizabeth_Pellerito@uml.edu.