NEW DATE BY POPULAR DEMAND!! Join Cassandra to experiment with intuitive weaving through her active meditation approach. An opportunity for your hands to move freely and your mind to be still—or get lost in chisme as we’ll be making among others.
🗓️ Saturday, November 22nd | 4 to 7pm
📍 67 West St., Studio 513
"In my studio, I create space for mindfulness and exploration. As a self-taught artist, my practice has developed in an instinctive, flexible way. I’m interested in the making; the process. Always searching for the flow." Cassandra Mayela Allen
This workshop is a casual, communal session rather than a formal class, no experience required. You will learn how to set up the warp on your loom and basic weaving techniques.
Various upcycled materials will be used, including wool donated from the Wool Skirts exhibition and capsule. You’re also welcome to bring your own ephemera if you like!
Registration includes all materials needed to make a small wall hanging. We will provide handmade wooden frame looms (yours to keep for an extra fee), warp thread and fabric scraps. While we’ll have enough supplies for everyone, feel free to bring anything special you'd like to add.
ARTIST BIO
Cassandra Mayela Allen (b. Caracas) works with mixed media, textiles, installation and social artwork. She is a self taught artist and was recently accepted into Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2025). Recent projects and exhibitions include La UNAM (MX), Olympia (NYC), MOCAD (DT), V1 (CPH). She’s been an artist in residence with Modern Ancient Brown (DT), Pocoapoco (MX), Campo Garzón (UY) and Bolster Arts (NYC). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, Elephant Magazine, American Craft Council and Vogue MX.
Mayela Allen is a self-taught artist based in NYC since 2014 after migrating from Venezuela. Her work delves into ideas of identity, migration and belonging, reflecting her personal experiences and engaging with the community through interviews and workshops. She explores textiles' unique storytelling potential, preserving and reimagining memories through material transformation and creative blends of fabric and found materials. While collaboration is vital to her practice, she also produces individual works exploring abstract expressionism through various materials
