Elena Solomon, MA, is teaching an online course, "Di Froyen Velt: Eastern European Textile Heritage within the United States," under the auspices of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The course is based on research conducted for her thesis ("The Embroidered Tablecloth: How Locale Influences Eastern European Jewish Textile Production”), an analysis of primary sources describing how immigration affected craftwork among Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the US. Course description: Communal textile traditions are often tied to the land, as the land provides the source materials for craftspeople to work with. What do traditional textiles look like for a diasporic people? This course explores the handmade, everyday textiles produced in the United States by Eastern European Jews during the major period of their migration from 1892 to 1924. Primary sources will be a main focus of this course. Historical texts include an autobiography about life in the Pale of Settlement, magazines for Jewish American women, and a pamphlet from a Jewish craft fair. Textiles will be viewed within the course as a microcosm of the contemporary sociopolitical scene within the American Eastern European Jewish community. 10 weekly sessions (Sunday, Mar 10 - May 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm ET) Tuition: $400 | YIVO members: $325 | Students: $215 Registration and course details: https://yivo.org/SPR2022-Solomon For more information, please contact Elena directly (elena.r.solo...@gmail.com). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/