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Cross-Stitch Coins Workshop with Ger Xiong
Arts/Industry artist-in-residence Ger Xiong in the Kohler Co. Foundry, 2024. Photo: Kohler Co.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
FREE
All ages. Youth and teens highly encouraged!
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Join artist Ger Xiong for a hands-on workshop in which we will cross stitch Hmong patterns into replicated French Indochina coins. Xiong cast the coins in brass at the Kohler Co. factory during his Arts/Industry residency. We will explore traditional patterns and symbols and learn more about Hmong textiles and metalsmithing processes. Xiong will lead discussions about what it means to be Hmong and how identity shapes our everyday living.
The embellished coins from this workshop will be on view at the Hmong New Year celebration, November 29–30, hosted by the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan.
Refreshments will be served– come, make your mark!
This workshop is offered in collaboration with the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan.
Artists/Scholars
Exhibitions, performances, and education programs during the 50th Anniversary of Arts/Industry is supported by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, Kohler Co., the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust, Kohler Foundation, Inc., the Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation, Inc., the Melitta S. and Joan M. Pick Charitable Trust, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Arts/Industry is a unique collaboration between the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Kohler Co.
