Join Artist Megumi Shauna Arai for a Sashiko Patchwork Workshop new edition focused on garment transformation.
🗓️ Sunday, April 19th
⏰ 3 to 7pm
📍 67 West St., Studio 513
Over the course of a relaxed afternoon, participants will explore the fundamentals of sashiko through the creation of hand-stitched patchworks designed to be applied directly onto garments, while encouraging experimentation with pattern, rhythm, and personal narrative through cloth.
Each participant is invited to bring one or two personal garments, whether in need of repair or simply ready to be embellished. Throughout the session, you will design, compose, and stitch two custom sashiko patches, and apply them to your piece. Additional materials will be provided for a third patch for those who wish to continue working beyond the core structure.
Participants may sew there patches independently or with the guidance and assistance of Megumi and her team, making this workshop accessible to all levels, from complete beginners to experienced makers.
The workshop is structured so that each participant leaves with their two patches sewn onto their garment/garments. If any pieces require additional time to complete, Megumi’s team will finish them after the session, and they can be picked up later at SUDESTADA.
All materials are provided (excluding the garment) and drinks and light refreshments will be served.
📷 Invite features shorts by Blythe Feeney
ARTIST BIO
Megumi Shauna Arai (b. 1989) lives and works in New York City. Her practice explores points of encounter, practices of embodiment, enfolding and unfolding aesthetics, and the interconnectedness of material and immaterial worlds. She holds an interdisciplinary BA in Sociology, Embodiment Studies, Political Science, and Mysticism from the CUNY Unique and Individualized Studies Program.
Arai was an artist-in-residence at COMMONS/OPPES in Chiba, Japan. Her recent solo exhibition was presented at KOKI ARTS, Tokyo (2025). Recent exhibitions include Immanent Infinite, Object & Thing (2025); Group Shop Show, Bridget Donahue Gallery (2024); Summer Arrangement: Object & Thing at LongHouse (2023); Object & Thing at Madoo (2022); At The Noyes House, Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing (2020); Lore: Reimagined, Wing Luke Museum (2018); and Midst, Jacob Lawrence Gallery (2018).
Recent residencies include the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Her pedagogical collaborations include Field Meridians, an art-based urban ecology curriculum focused on social practice and resilience in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; The Museum of Modern Art public programs; and The Mothership, an eco-feminist art and ecology center in Tangier, Morocco.
