First Art Exhibit in the David Teiger ’47 Gallery for the Studio Arts is September 4 – October 8, 2018
PAX Rwanda: Embroideries of the Women of Savane Rutongo-Kabuye, an exhibit of vibrant embroideries created by Rwandan artists will be featured in the David Teiger ’47 Gallery for the Studio Arts at Newark Academy from September 4 - October 8, 2018. A reception will be held in the Teiger Gallery on Saturday, September 22, 2018, from 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. The exhibit is comprised of elaborately rendered scenes of Rwanda’s culture, its people and the beautiful animals of West Africa. Bogota resident Juliana Meehan discovered the embroideries as a tourist to Rwanda in 2010 and curates the collection. In addition to showing the work, Meehan will share her stories of these artists and her experiences in Rwanda with Newark Academy students.
PAX Rwanda is the artistry of the women who are survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsis. Their original approach to embroidery, using three different colors on one needle, is unique to this workshop and was pioneered by its founder and artistic director, Christiane Rwagatare. Their painstaking technique subtly blends colors and brings their compositions to life, creating with needle and thread what the painter does with brush and paint.
PAX Rwanda has toured galleries and museums in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Washington DC since 2011 and was featured on MSNBC.com.
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