Monday September 28, 2026
6:30pm-8:30pm
Course Description:
Learn how to make a knotted rug weaving with yarn and upcycled textiles! This workshop is inspired by the long history of rug making in many cultures, specifically in SWANA and Arab regions. Focusing on hand knotting techniques, participants will play with different fibers, color and texture to create a small rug and learn the basics of weaving.
Level: All levels welcome
Workshop Info:
Date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location:
These Hands Maker's Collective
13347 W. Washington Blvd., Unit A
Los Angeles, CA 90066
About the Artist:
Aneesa Shami Zizzo is a Los Angeles-based artist exploring shared memory through appliqued tapestries, soft sculpture and paper collage. Using textile industry waste and secondhand materials, she intertwines personal history, Islamic folklore and the sublime to illustrate the cyclical nature of history and shed light on societal systems contributing to waste and neglect.
Born to an American mother and a Palestinian-Lebanese father, Zizzo often reflects on her Arab-American upbringing in post-9/11 suburban Kansas. By drawing from her childhood and personal experiences, she is able to explore broader narratives of human experience and cultural memory in her practice.
Zizzo’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Barbican Centre (London, UK), Tribeca Festival (NYC), Craft in America (Los Angeles, CA), Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum (Long Beach, CA), and the Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA), among others. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO), and is a recipient of the Arab American National Museum residency (Dearborn, MI), the IOS Willie Stoffer Visual Artist Grant (Inglewood, CA), and the Crafting the Future Microgrant (Los Angeles, CA). Zizzo's work is in the collections of the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, The Elder Statesmen, Able ARTS Work, and Kancan USA. She is a frequent volunteer at Able ARTS Work in Long Beach, CA, where she collaborates with resident artists on various projects.
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