Auspiced by Multicultural Arts Victoria with the generous cooperation of the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Loving Threads - Exhibition

Experience this exhibition of work, entitled "Loving Threads", based on the Ring Cushion Project that has enabled women from diverse cultural backgrounds to share their experiences of love, and cultural traditions of marriage.

7 June - 21 July, 2010
8.30 am and 5 pm
Richmond Town Hall, Level 1 333 Bridge Road

Opening

The opening of the exhibition will be held on Friday 4 June, 2010, at 4.30pm at the Richmond Town Hall, Level 1, 333, Bridge Road, Richmond.

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Supporters

Proudly supported by Arts Victoria, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, City of Melbourne, Elite Studios, North Richmond Community Health Centre, Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust, Victorian Multicultural Commission. Metro Printing and Spotlight.

In kind support was provided by Boorondara Kindergarten, City of Yarra and Rose Chong Costumes

Ring Cushion Project

The Ring Cushion Project enabled women from diverse cultural backgrounds to work with a professional artist, Sue Davis, who is experienced in both textiles and community development.

Weekly workshops were based at Boroondara Kindergarten, a dynamic community hub on the North Richmond Housing Estate.

Photos by Elite Studios and others

Indian, East Timorese, Peruvian, Sudanese, Turkish & Vietnamese

Participants from six cultural groups (Indian, East Timorese, Peruvian, Sudanese, Turkish and Vietnamese) living on and around the Estate, developed designs that reflect their own experiences and cultural traditions.

Fatma Barat and Firdevs Gunes

The women collaborated, sharing their experiences of love, and cultural traditions of marriage, to create a series of individual ring cushions for exhibition in the City of Yarra, and subsequently on display in the Old Treasury Building, and available to the wide range of couples to choose for their civic marriage ceremonies at the Victorian Marriage Registry.

The project was developed and implemented by Community Producer, Marion Crooke with the support of Liss Gabb, Manager, Arts and Culture at North Richmond Community Health Centre and Denise Rundle, Manager of Boroondara Kindergarten, where the project was based.

(Left to Right) Rasheeda Begum, Poornima Senthill, Kashish Kalra, Neetu Somani, Bangaru Durga, and Lilia Castro