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    About Awamaki Lab

    Awamaki Lab is a four-month fashion residency that brings young designers to rural Peru to work side-by-side with members of Awamaki’s artisan cooperatives. 


    These designers create garments that are able to bridge the gap to an international consumer market, enabling women weavers, seamstresses, and knitters in the Sacred Valley to develop a sustainable income for themselves, their families and their communities.

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    Art in the Andes: Crafting w/ Awamaki Lab 

    Roll up your sleeves, pull on your sewing chullo, and join us for an evening of cross-cultural crafting!

    The Awamaki Lab team invites you to transform traditional Andean textiles into modern, take-away gifts. You will learn firsthand how we work with indigenous artisan communities to reinvigorate an ancient weaving technique and encourage female entrepreneurship.

    Under the guidance of AwaLab’s sewing instructor Tara Banerjee –the Williamsburg Seamster- and our Season 2 design team, participants will create up-cycled accessories from textile remnants, selecting and working from one of three patterns designed in partnership with members of our Peruvian sewing co-operative.

    Projects will include, but are not limited to, colorful zipped key pouches, heart-shaped pin cushions, and various custom home goods. Sewers of all levels are welcome, as the workshop will replicate the vocational training received by our novice seamstresses in Ollantaytambo, Peru.

    Where: Textile Arts Center, Manhattan,
    26 W 8TH ST
    NEW YORK, NY 10011

    When: Thursday, January 26th, 6:30 - 9:30pm

    Cost: $20 (all proceeds go directly to the program)

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    Launch Presentation + Trunk Show

    Designed by Andria Crescioni and Courtney Cedarholm, the 2nd Collection from Awamaki Lab incorporates traditional Andian textiles with modern design. 

    Please join Awamaki for: 

    Launch Presentation
    January 27, 7-10PM

    Trunk Show
    January 28-30, 11AM - 6PM


    Textile Arts Center, Manhattan
    26 W 8th St, btwn 5th + MacDougal