ADFAS Coffs Coast Khayamiya - Egyptian Tentmakers
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Join us for our first ADFAS Coffs Coast arts talk for 2023 with Dr. Sam Bowker, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at Charles Sturt University. Khayamiya: A History of the Egyptian Tentmakers. Exhibition and discussion of quilts opens at 5.00 p.m. Arts talk starts at 6.00 pm.From his first encounter with Henri Matisse’s ‘Interior with Egyptian Curtain’ (1948) to the Revolution of 2011, Dr. Sam Bowker’s illustrated talk features unpublished archival photographs and a one night only showcase exhibition of wall hung embroidered appliques.
The word “khayamiya” is derived from the Arabic word “khyam,” meaning a tent. Khayamiya craftsmen in the past were tentmakers when people lived in tents.
Khayamiya embroideries were collected as souvenirs by the ANZACs, inspired the paper cut-outs of Henri Matisse and are now an endangered art form in Egypt.
A light supper will be provided after the talk.
Location
National Cartoon Gallery @ The Bunker
1 John Champion Way, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
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