When does the workshop From Several Threads take place?

The open textile art workshop takes place on Monday, November 2, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The venue is the community center Die Villa at Äußere Brucker Straße 49, 91052 Erlangen.

How much does admission cost?

Participation in From Several Threads is free.

Who leads the workshop?

The workshop is conducted together with textile artist Karina Liutaia.

What artistic techniques will be covered?

The focus is on textile materials, patchwork, embroidery, textile collage, and collaborative artistic work with fabrics and threads.

Who is the event suitable for?

The participatory art project is aimed at people who want to experience textile art, personal memories, sustainability, and communal creativity.

From Several Threads: How Textile Memories Become Living Art in Erlangen

Name: From Several Threads
Start: 2026-11-02T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-02T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Stadtteilzentrum Die Villa

From Several Threads: Textile Art as a Collective Memory Image

In the open textile art workshop From Several Threads at the community center Die Villa in Erlangen, fabrics, threads, drawings, and personal memories come together in a participatory art project. Together with the artist Karina Liutaia, participants explore textile materials as carriers of biography, work history, and cultural memory.

When Fabrics Preserve Stories

Old garments, fabric remnants, and shared experiences take on a new aesthetic form through patchwork, embroidery, and textile collage. Every seam, every surface, and every thread refers to origin, work, and personal history. The examination of the works leads directly into the creative process and makes visible how individual fragments create a common image.

Textile Art Between Craft and Contemporary Art

Karina Liutaia works at the intersection of textile art, theater, fashion design, and participatory art. After studying fashion design in St. Petersburg and earning a Master of Arts at the University of Arts Bremen, she developed projects where knitting, embroidery, and sewing intersect with artistic research, conversations, and collective work processes. For her engagement with regional textile and labor history, she received the art scholarship from the city and district of Bamberg in 2023.

Work Environments and Textile Memories

The project focuses on life and work stories from the textile industry. Experiences from production, administration, design, sales, logistics, and fashion meet in interviews, sketches, and textile fragments. From this, textile images and portraits emerge that connect sustainability, memory culture, and contemporary art.

An Art Experience to Participate In

The atmosphere of the exhibition grows from the shared activity. Colors, textile structures, thread patterns, and the tactile quality of the materials open up a sensual aesthetic experience. The workshop does not understand art as a distant presentation but as a lively process of cultural education. Visitors experience how craft techniques, social memory, and participatory installation interweave.

Conclusion: Creating Art Together

From Several Threads offers an accessible art experience for everyone who wants to connect textile art, local history, and communal creativity. The open workshop makes visible how cultural testimonies arise from personal memories and how a common image is created from individual threads. Admission is free. Experience the aesthetic experience and the special exhibition atmosphere live in Erlangen on November 2, 2026.