Toile Embroidery with Richard Saja
Cost
$175
Where
Maxon Mills
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
Saturday, June 11, 2022
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Who
21+
Come learn basic embroidery stitches and use them to recontextualize a piece of toile with A Tournament of Lies artist Richard Saja. Each participant will leave with their own embroidery hoop and embellished toile. Each ticket includes cocktails/local brews and light food curated with a nod to Saja's work by Johnny Dearth, Erika DaSilva, and Minh Le of The Lantern Inn.
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About the Artist
Richard Saja is an artist making work in Catskill, New York. After first attending the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study surface design, he devoted his studies to the great books of Western Civilization at St John's College in Santa Fe, NM and received a BA as a math and philosophy major. After a brief stint working as an art director on Madison Ave., all his interests coalesced and a small design firm, Historically Inaccurate Decorative Arts, was born in the early aughts.
Though he occasionally feels the need to explore avenues of expression beyond that of the needle, the majority of Saja's work focuses on creating "interferences" of the formal patterns of french toile through embroidery.
He has exhibited internationally with shows in New York, Paris, London and Berlin and the National Museum of Embroidery in South Korea. His work has been shown at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Toile de Jouy Museum in Josas, France early in 2023.
Toile Embroidery with Richard Saja
Cost
$175
Where
Maxon Mills
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
When
Saturday, June 11, 2022
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Who
21+
Come learn basic embroidery stitches and use them to recontextualize a piece of toile with A Tournament of Lies artist Richard Saja. Each participant will leave with their own embroidery hoop and embellished toile. Each ticket includes cocktails/local brews and light food curated with a nod to Saja's work by Johnny Dearth, Erika DaSilva, and Minh Le of The Lantern Inn.
About the Artist
Richard Saja is an artist making work in Catskill, New York. After first attending the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study surface design, he devoted his studies to the great books of Western Civilization at St John's College in Santa Fe, NM and received a BA as a math and philosophy major. After a brief stint working as an art director on Madison Ave., all his interests coalesced and a small design firm, Historically Inaccurate Decorative Arts, was born in the early aughts.
Though he occasionally feels the need to explore avenues of expression beyond that of the needle, the majority of Saja's work focuses on creating "interferences" of the formal patterns of french toile through embroidery.
He has exhibited internationally with shows in New York, Paris, London and Berlin and the National Museum of Embroidery in South Korea. His work has been shown at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Toile de Jouy Museum in Josas, France early in 2023.
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Revolution is in the air. Lights dim, decorum fades, and chants of “La Beauté Es Dans La Rue” rise. Join us and the Capricorn Dream Sound Machine for a late-night dance party, included with every benefit ticket.