Amulet Making Workshop
Sunday, November 2 | 1-3pm
Location: Slash (1150 25th St, Building B, San Francisco)
$20-50 sliding scale | Register here
Join artist Najah Alboushi, whose solo exhibition Thresholds Between Worlds is currently on view in /room/, for an amulet making workshop. Amulets are used across cultures and hold important spiritual and supernatural significance. Within the Levant, they are a symbol of life and resilience and used to provide protection, bring good luck, and ward off evil. Come learn more about Levantine glass and amulets and create your own piece to protect your home, car, or family and friends. This workshop has a limited capacity, so please register early to reserve your spot.
Workshop will include:
- A short talk on the cultural significance of amulets in the Levant
- A brief Tatreez (Arab cross stitching) lesson
- A selection of glass beads and charms, made specifically for this workshop by Najah on a glass-blowing torch
- Additional materials including wood, paints, jewelry-making supplies, glass beads and charms, adhesives, and Tatreez making supplies
You are also invited to bring in little objects, prints, or drawings to share and incorporate into your own amulets.
Proceeds from the workshop will be donated to families in Gaza.
Najah Alboushi is a Syrian-American artist, fabricator, and educator, born and raised in the Midwest. During her childhood, she lived a quiet, imaginative life filled with fantasies and world-building. She draws on this form of speculation along with her cultural work, organizing, writing, and art-making, to build a life that thoughtfully resists. She works with mediums that carry on the legacies of Levantine craft, including glassmaking and tatreez (cross stitching). Alboushi holds a BA in Journalism and Studio Arts from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA from California College of the Arts.