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Homelands Within

October 5-November 4

“Homelands Within” is a month-long exhibit featuring the works of contemporary SWANA textile artists from the Portland area.

“Homelands Within” is a month-long exhibit to showcase and support regional artists from the SWANA diaspora, and raise funds for programming and our homeland communities with gallery hours, classes and artist talks.

Our members practice traditional regional fiber arts like Palestinian Tatreez, mending, knitting, crocheting, Armenian Janyak, Marash, and quilting; through SWANA Stitch, a collective of stitchers who have been coming together once a month for over a year, we have created a space for us to explore those internal homelands together through handwork, cultural resistance, and storytelling.

This exhibit reflects our community’s lived experience of diaspora and exile, often forced, and how we continue to carry our culture, traditions and practices into a shared future. While many of us cannot return to our homelands, textiles are a physical thread that maintains our connection and stitches us together as a community.

Opening Reception: October 5th, 5pm-9pm
Gallery Hours: Sundays 1pm-5pm, Mondays 2pm-6pm

 

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Start:
October 5 @ 5:00 pm
End:
November 4 @ 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organized By

SWANA Rose
SWANA Stitch
Entangled Roots

Venue

SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center
2942 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR 97203 United States + Google Map

Support Our Community Programs

In just over 4 years, Portland TextileX Month (PTXM) has turned from an ambitious idea into an engaged community movement. This transformation highlights the power of our mission to foster collaboration, cross-pollination, cultural dialogue, and intergenerational exchange among the Portland textile community and beyond.

This year we’ve organized the PTXM festival with over 40 events and directly sponsored a multitude of FREE programs including exhibits, workshops, artist talks, community events, and more—representing a diverse range of textile interests and practices. This year’s PTXM Regeneration Festival has brought together makers, businesses, teachers, students, institutions, and organizations to gather around shared interests and knowledge-sharing. PTXM would not have been possible without the dedication of event organizers, paid contributors, paid interns, amazing volunteers and the receptiveness of the textile community.

We hope to continue building PTXM and TextileX website as sustainable resources that serve the textile community for years to come, and that’s where you come in.

If you feel a connection to the PTXM mission and what we can accomplish together, please consider making a direct contribution programming. As a direct contributor, your funds will go directly toward programming, lean administrative expenses, and providing paid internships. We appreciate any contribution you can make and your continued support.

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