Folk Lounge: Embroidery Workshop, Guests & Music
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*◟**◟*ツ¬‿¬Join us for a contemplative workshop hosted by @folk.lounge to create a social textile with cross stitch embroidery exploring the natural rhythms of release and renewal. A practice of memory editing as we navigate seasonal transitions.As both an artist and community facilitator, Shagane Barsegian also known as Shagho (she/her) will guide participants in creating a collaborative topography that captures our personal and cultural feelings about navigating change. Co-creators will layer their memory, intention, & vision to a flowing tapestry of stories. Rivers are natural editors, carrying some things downstream while depositing others on banks, carving new channels while filling old ones.
12:00-1:00 PM Clockshop: Darío Herrera is a multidisciplinary historian and community organizer working on heritage in marginalized communities.
1:00-2:00 PM Frogtown Arts: Michelene Cherie is a celebrated cultural event producer whose work has illuminated Los Angeles for the past twenty years.
2:00-4:00 PM Magmatic: A poet and musician based in Frogtown, Los Angeles. Magmatic creates video poetry that blurs the lines between poetry and electronic music, performing live along the Los Angeles River.
3:00-4:00 PM Lindsey Kusterman: An artist, photographer, and digital creative based in Los Angeles.
Co-Host: Olivia Sia is a fourth-generation textile artist based in California and founder of the Mixed Stitch.
Host: Shagho is a multidisciplinary design leader, artist, and cultural practitioner who works at the frontiers of innovation and community. She is also a founder of Folk Lounge, hosting Embroidery Socials around LA.
Full Agenda:
https://www.folklounge.com/events/downstream-prophecy-what-serves-the-current-2025-september-27
We are a group of local artists and creatives coming together to celebrate the LA river. Everyone is welcome to join, we are super excited to host you, friends and family! The program will run every 30m. No embroidery experience necessary. All materials provided. Drop-in format.
We will be working between the seating in front of the river for the meditative observation and reflection portion, picnic blankets for the journaling part and the picnic table for the embroidery part. This small parklet is adorable so it's a great place to land early for a picnic lunch and then explore other activities. For accessibility and accommodation needs, please email.
We recognize that the land we occupy today is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash peoples. We honor their elders, past, present, and emerging, for their continued stewardship of these lands, waters, and communities. As we gather and create here, we are grateful for the opportunity to learn, grow, and live on these sacred lands, and we support the elevation of Indigenous voices and cultures.
By registering for this event, or any other event organized by Folk Lounge or by attending, you are acknowledging that you are aware and made your guests aware of the risks, dangers, and hazards associated with any outdoor activity, and you accept, and fully assume all such risks, dangers, and hazards, and further agree to release, and discharge the Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Hosts from, and against any, and all liability arising from your and your guest's participation in the group activities. You also agree to the Folk Lounge Embroidery Social: Weaving Belonging guidelines & Participation Agreement terms. https://www.folklounge.com/embroidery-social
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