Connections
Date: 22 Sep 2022
Local Start Time: 3:30pm
Location: Brooklyn Children’s Museum
On the rooftop of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Amal joins children of all ages and backgrounds to weave a huge web of yarn.
As part of a workshop led by Natalia Nakazawa, children will share stories about where they come from and their dreams of where they hope to go, while adding to the collective weaving.
An installation
Please register to attend this free event
Indoor
Time: 3:30pm
Location
All of Amal’s events are suitable for children and families
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Little Amal Walks NYC is a co-production between The Walk Productions and St. Ann’s Warehouse in association with Handspring Puppet Company. Between 14 September – 2 October Amal will be welcomed at 55 events across the five boroughs of New York City.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Natalia Nakazawa
Working in painting, textiles, and social practice, Natalia Nakazawa explores ideas of transnationality, cultural identities, storytelling, archives, and patterns of migration. In her jacquard textiles series, the artist pulls images from the online open access collections with a focus on objects that embody historical moments of cultural exchange. Nakazawa’s work encourages critical engagement with personal histories, utilizing the familiar, warm format of the tapestry as a means of creating objects that can be simultaneously comforting and disruptive. Natalia received her MFA in studio practice from California College of the Arts, a MSEd from Queens College, and a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has recently been exhibited at Wave Hill (Bronx, NY), (Arlington Arts Center (Washington, DC), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), American Folk Art Museum Gallery (Long Island City, NY), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), The Old Stone House in Brooklyn (NY). Natalia has been an artist in residence at The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, MASS Moca, SPACE on Ryder, Wassaic Project, Facebook AIR, Interlude Artist Residency, CAMPO Garzon, and Wave Hill Winter Workspace.