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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Eva Recinos in Los Angeles

The radical power of sewing: the artist turning textiles into activism

A woman stands on the rooftop of a building holding a colorful fabric banner that says 'Trust Black womxn'.
Aram Han Sifuentes’ exhibition in Los Angeles includes protest banners like this one. Photograph: Virginia Harold/Photo by Virginia Harold, courtesy of Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

Sewing and textiles have always been a part of the artist Aram Han Sifuentes’ life. Her South Korean immigrant parents operated a dry cleaning business, and she mended her own clothing from a young age.

But it wasn’t until she began learning more about immigrant justice and social justice, while making art on the side, that she saw the connection between textiles and her passion for political action. She turned her interests into a career, using textile tools and materials, along with communal workshops, to put that intersection in the spotlight.

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