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Grant Recipient

Aram Han Sifuentes

Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship
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2022

Otro Mundo Es Posible: Textiles and Garments for Protest in Chiapas, Mexico

"Otro Mundo Es Posible: Textiles and Garments for Protest in Chiapas, Mexico: examines garments and textiles in Chiapas, Mexico and how they are and have been important to political movements in the region and beyond. For Han Sifuentes, sewing is a medium to investigate identity, politics, immigration and immigrant labor, possession and dispossession, citizenship and belonging, dissent and protest, and race politics in the United States. Her research explores how textiles played and continue to play a role in the Zapatistas Movement.

Otro Mundo Es Posible: Textiles and Garments for Protest in Chiapas, Mexico examines garments and textiles in Chiapas, Mexico and how they are and have been important to political movements in the region and beyond. For Han Sifuentes, sewing is a medium to investigate identity, politics, immigration and immigrant labor, possession and dispossession, citizenship and belonging, dissent and protest, and race politics in the United States. Her research explores how textiles played and continue to play a role in the Zapatistas Movement.

Organization Background

Location

Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

MEDIUM

MATERIAL EXPLORATION

Grant amount

$20,000

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