African Textiles at KTAA
If color, texture and weave are your kind of thing, there is a wonderful group in Kuwait for you. Before I even came to Kuwait, people told me about the Kuwait Textile Arts Association, and oh, what a trip.
A friend asked me if I were going to this month’s meeting. I hadn’t seen any announcements for it, and then she said “you ought to come! It’s African textiles.”
Magic words.
You know AdventureMan and I love going to Africa. And a meeting on African textiles? Woooo Hooooooo! Yes, I will admit it, I am totally a textile geek.
Africa is a huge subject to cover, when it comes to textiles, and the speaker did well – Nigeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, Mali, indigo dying, small loom weaving. . . You could teach an entire college level course on any one of those topics, and he gave a great overview.
You can join KTAA for 10KD per year, or you can attend each meeting for 2KD. Meetings are held once a month at the Sadu House, where they also have a fabulous collection of books on textiles.
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I’m a real sucker for fabrics… I’ve woven it, dyed it.. sewn with it! Textile manipulation is my secret affair. Thanks for posting about this, I haven’t been to Kuwait for a while now but now I have something to slot into my next visit!
Oh Machelle, you will also want to visit the renovated Sadu House. They also have a gift store for hand made, original to Kuwait items to take back to all your friends.
I am trying to get info on quilting classes and other classes with the KTAA but can’t seem to get anywhere. Can you help please. I have emailed a quilting address but no response and the KTAA address I have bounces back.
Thanks so much!
About one day a week they advertise all the classes on the social pages of Kuwait Times and Arab Times. I wish I could remember which days, but I promise you, that’s where they are! Good luck, it’s a great group.