Open Studios Marketplace & World Refugee Day Celebration
Title
Open Studios Marketplace & World Refugee Day Celebration
Creator
Fatuma Ahmed
Aldona Saimininkas
Asta Nenortas
Lynne Williamson
Description
2015.196.242.1-.4 are images of the CCHAP Open Studios Marketplace at ICR in November 2007. 2015.196.242.5-.10 are images of the World Refugee Day Celebration at the Hartford Public Library on June 21, 2007. 2015.196.242.1: born digital image showing Lithuanian Easter wands made from dried flowers, by artist Asta Nenortas, at CCHAP Marketplace held at ICR during Hartford Open Studio Weekend, November 2007 2015.196.242.2: born digital image of Lithuanian artist Asta Nenortas with her Easter wands made from dried flowers, at CCHAP Marketplace held at ICR during Hartford Open Studio Weekend, November 2007 2015.196.242.3: born digital image showing Lithuanian straw picture of traditional dancers made by artist Aldona Saimininkas, at CCHAP Marketplace held at ICR during Hartford Open Studio Weekend, November 2007 2015.196.242.4: born digital image showing Aldona Saimininkas standing in front of her artwork, at CCHAP Marketplace held at ICR during Hartford Open Studio Weekend, November 2007 2015.196.242.5: born digital image showing Lynne Williamson standing with Burmese Karen family wearing traditional folk clothing at the Hartford Public Library World Refugee Day Celebration, June 21, 2007 2015.196.242.6: born digital image showing a Burmese Karen family wearing traditional folk clothing at the Hartford Public Library World Refugee Day Celebration, June 21, 2007 2015.196.242.7: born digital image showing Somali Bantu artists with jewelry, embroidery, and knitted decorations they have made at the Hartford Public Library World Refugee Day Celebration, June 21, 2007. The woman on the left is Sadiyo Aden, with her relatives. 2015.196.242.8: born digital image of Fatuma Ahmed with her daughter Farhiyo at at the Hartford Public Library World Refugee Day Celebration, June 21, 2007 2015.196.242.9-.10: born digital images of Fatuma Ahmed with a basket she has woven at the Hartford Public Library World Refugee Day Celebration, June 21, 2007
Source
Connecticut Digital Archive
References
Subject
Baskets
Lithuanian Americans
Weaving
Hartford Public Library (Hartford, Conn.)
Refugees
Textile Arts
Folk art
Lithuanian arts
Lithuanian American artists
Bantu decorative arts
Somali art
Burmese Karen
Digital Images
CCHAP Archive IMLS Museums for America Grant
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
Collection
Citation
Fatuma Ahmed et al., “Open Studios Marketplace & World Refugee Day Celebration,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 3, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/34766.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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