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Tour of Contemporary Hand Woven Tapestry Exhibit
Starts:
September 6, 2025
Ends:
September 6, 2025
Venue:
Mills Building
![🎨 This week, meet Nikita Shah—Brooklyn-based textile artist, fashion designer, and educator—whose practice is rooted in the ancient South Indian tradition of Kalamkari. Through hand-drawn narrative cloths, collective storytelling, and embodied memory, Shah explores themes of migration, gender, grief, and healing. From saris to storycloths, and from workshops to drag performances, her work reclaims craft as ritual, resistance, and art.
🌿 Dive into her world of Vratapani, vibrant dyes, and intergenerational wisdom using the link in our bio.
[1] Kalam (pen) and the process of Kalamkari. Photo credit: RuAfza (b. Sidhant Talwar)
[2] Nikita Shah. Photo credit: Bhavika Yendapalli
[3] Menstruating Woman, 2024. Photo credit: Nikita Shah
[4] Showcase of "At Home in Brooklyn", 2025. Photo credit: RuAfza (Sidhant Talwar)](https://textilesocietyofamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)