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“Through
the exhibit, Breaking the Veils, they (the artists) are helping
to break the veils of misunderstanding and ignorance,” says
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from diverse communities the opportunity to meet, a special opening
reception was hosted by St Catherine’s University with the
beautiful work of our Textile Cooperative coloring the walls of
the McCarthy Women’s Center. Kelly Povo, Project Manager for Breaking the Veil, says of the connection between St. Catherine’s and the Women’s Center, “It was fantastic. One of my favorite parts of doing the exhibit was having the women from the Women’s Center over to St. Catherine’s. The women at the Women’s Center had the opportunity to experience this powerful exhibit and the women of St. Catherine’s were able to experience the beauty of Somali textile art.We learned from each other.” Breaking the Veil includes art by 51 female artists from 21 Islamic countries and was created to demonstrate the incredible diversity of Muslim women artists, and their unifying spirit of creativity and humanity. It has been traveling throughout the United States for the past three years. |
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Abigail Quigley McCarthy Women’s Center and the Muslim Student
Association at St. Catherine’s University joined together
to host an exhibit of the East African Women’s Center’s
textile art as part of the Breaking the Veil exhibit at the Catherine
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Twined weavings have been used for hundreds of years in Somalia for baskets, bags, and rugs as decorations for homes, and saddles for camels and horses. |
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In the exhibit’s questionnaires many people mentioned they loved the textile exhibit and wanted to learn more about the East AfricanWomen’s Center, says Kelly Povo. |
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