Beyond the Pattern: An Experimental Embroidery Workshop

Artist Kandy Lopez invites participants into an afternoon of experimentation, creativity, and discovery through embroidery.

Drawing from her experiences as an Afro-Caribbean American artist, educator, and mentor, Lopez understands the importance of creating spaces where new possibilities can emerge. This hands-on workshop encourages participants to move beyond perfection and embrace process, curiosity, and personal expression. Using plastic canvas, thread, and optional personal imagery, attendees will explore embroidery as a medium for storytelling, abstraction, and creative exploration.

Whether recreating a meaningful image or following an unexpected path, participants will be guided through an open-ended artistic process that values experimentation as much as the finished work. No prior embroidery experience is required—only a willingness to explore, create, and discover what becomes possible when we give ourselves permission to make something entirely our own.

Participants are encouraged to bring a printed image for inspiration if they wish, though all are welcome to create freely through color, texture, and form.

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Join Hued Songs at the African-American Research Library & Cultural Center. Every month we curate a creative placemaking workshop featuring artists within our ecosystem who will guide participants to engage with Black history and artistic expression in meaningful, interactive ways.

Expect to explore and activate YOUR creativity through; writing, movement, sound, instrumentation and visual artistic mediums to be activated.