#Workshop: Communal Braiding

Instituto Cervantes New York offers a comprehensive program of cultural and arts events showcasing the best on literature, film, performing arts, visual arts and thought from Spain and Latin America.Instituto Cervantes New York promotes international cultural co-operation by organising and collaborating in a variety of events to present historic and comtemporany Spanish and Latin American cultures.We work in close association with a a network of US, Spanish and Latin American institutions and in partnership with other European institutes.

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Join Cassandra Mayela Allen for a communal braiding workshop, weaving memory and community into a new collective artwork.

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Aquel Amplex

Aquel Amplex, an exhibition by Venezuelan artist Cassandra Mayela Allen, explores her process-driven textile practice within the legacies of Latin American modernism and informalism, fostering audience participation in a new woven work.

Join Venezuelan textile artist <a href="https://www.cassandramayela.me/" title="https://www.cassandramayela.me/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cassandra Mayela Allen</a> for a communal braiding workshop presented as part of her exhibition <a href="https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevayork/en-US/Aquel-amplex/187035" title="https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevayork/en-US/Aquel-amplex/187035" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aquel Amplex</a>. In this first of two participatory weaving sessions, attendees are invited to contribute directly to a new artwork created in the gallery of the Instituto Cervantes.Since 2024, Mayela Allen has hosted communal braidings inspired by Indigenous practices, transforming individual stories into a shared narrative of reflection and cultural preservation. She brings this evolving practice to Aquel Amplex by collectively reworking a set of flags from the Instituto Cervantes into a new work of union. Rather than a utopian “activation” of the exhibition, these gatherings offer an invitation into the artist’s way of being—rooted in conversation, community, and mutual creation.This workshop is open to all ages, and visitors are welcome to come and go freely throughout the session. All materials will be provided.The final collaboratively woven artwork will remain in the collection of the Instituto Cervantes.Foto credits: Camila Falquez

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