Handwerker Gallery
Exhibitions
Threads of Hope: The Chilean Arpillera Movement
October 22–December 11, 2009
Chilean arpillera from the collection of Dr. Marjorie Agosín, Latina author, activist, and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. Arpillera are small hand sewn and embroidered/embellished tapestries, created by women, most of whose relatives were among those listed as detained/disappeared during the military dictatorship in Chile.