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The Power of the Needle<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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In the caf\u00e9 at ARKIVET hangs a collection of embroideries made by women who participated in the embroidery workshop N\u00e5lens makt (The Power of the Needle). The installation is presented alongside a film about the project and a tablecloth from ARKIVET\u2019s collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Story of Identity, Resistance, and Cultural Heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project began in January 2019 with a series of embroidery workshops over a period of six weeks. The workshops brought together women with refugee and migration backgrounds and women from the local community. The women were tasked with collaboratively embroidering a motif that expressed something about their identity and cultural heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embroidery installation is made up of all these individual pieces. The Power of the Needle is about empowering women’s self-awareness, reintroducing embroidery as a form of expression, and demonstrating its significance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“All you need is a needle, a thread, and a story.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e5lens makt was a project organized by Flyktninger forteller <\/a>(Refugees Tell) at ARKIVET Peace and Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Norges Husflidslag (Norwegian Crafts Association)
KIA-kompetanse Kristiansand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gjensidigestiftelsen
Kulturr\u00e5det (Arts Council Norway)
Vest-Agder fylkeskommune (Vest-Agder County Municipality)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See The Power of the Needle as a digital exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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