Sat 2 Aug 2026, 2.30-3.30pm & 3.30-4.30pm
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| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
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| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
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About This Event
This event takes place in the Foyle Reading Room at Whitechapel Gallery, located on floor 1A.
This event lasts approximately 1 hour. Attendees are encouraged to take as many breaks as they need during the event.
This workshop will happen twice throughout the day: the first workshop will take place from 2.30-3.30pm and the second workshop will take place from 3.30-4.30pm.
You must book a ticket to attend the event.
We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event
We are unable to provide live closed captioning or CART for this event.
Transport
To the best of our knowledge, there are no planned disruptions to local transport on the date of the event.
Our nearest train station – Aldgate East Underground (1 min) is not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are Whitechapel (15 min), Shoreditch High Street (15 min) or Liverpool Street (15 min).
Free parking for Blue Badge holders is available at the top of Osborn Street in the pay and display booths for an unlimited period. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
Create your own handwoven bookmark with artist Rezia Wahid, inspired by her artistic practice and personal journey into weaving, doctoral research, and the publication of her book dancing in the womb.
A British Bangladeshi artist, Wahid explores thread, memory, and cultural narratives through weaving with delicate natural yarns. She will begin the workshop by introducing her practice and how weaving became a way for her to reflect on her diasporic identity through the rich textile traditions of Bangladesh. Through stories, materials, and examples of her own work, participants will gain an insight into the personal and cultural narratives that inform her practice.
Using a pre-prepared card loom, participants will learn a simple weaving technique to create a handwoven bookmark to take home. Wahid will also share examples of her work and bring in a selection of her handwoven textiles, offering the chance to experience her work up close.
No previous experience is required and all materials will be provided.
This workshop will happen twice throughout the day: the first workshop will take place from 2.30-3.30pm and the second workshop will take place from 3.30-4.30pm.
dancing in the womb is available to purchase at the bookshop on the ground floor.
This event accompanies our current exhibition OITIJ-JO Collective: TUFAN.
Rezia Wahid MBE is a British Bangladeshi textile artist and doctoral researcher whose work explores intersection of weaving with delicate fine natural yarns which seek to evoke light and air, performance, and cultural narratives.
Wahid is currently involved with her practice-led PhD research, titled Thread of Fate: Text as Textiles and Performance, where she is investigating the multiple languages of textiles, examining how threads can embody stories, memory, identities, and rituals across cultures. Central to her inquiry is challenging and untangling colonial legacies within the Jamdani textile traditions of Bangladesh. Her work reflects themes of heritage, migration, decolonial thought, and interconnectedness, positioning textiles as a medium of dialogue between materiality and meaning.
