An introductory and experimental course in tapestry weaving. Participants will learn how to set up their own tapestry loom and study the basic foundational techniques while expanding on what weaving can look like in fibre arts. In addition to core weaving methods, concept development will be introduced for a woven artwork to be created throughout the program’s duration.

While discussing themes of weaving and its historical and contemporary contexts, we will collectively decide on a theme and work towards it.

Participants are expected to complete one piece of woven artwork by the end of this course. The artwork will be displayed at the Rendezvous With Madness 2024 Visual Arts Exhibition during early November.

Jana Ghalayini (b.1993) is a process-based interdisciplinary visual artist. Ghalayini holds a BFA in Printmaking from OCAD University and is a self-taught weaver who drew inspiration from her Palestinian heritage.

With a focus on intuitive weaving and abstract mixed-media painting and printmaking, Ghalayini is interested in repetition and mark making as ritual practices. She is consistently investigating the duality between materials and fragmentation while working and building up layers in her practice to document gestures of personal memory, experience and ideas that can evolve as time goes on.