Art What’s On
Chai & Chat
Venue: Gateshead Central Library
Date: Jul 17th 2019 - Oct 26th 2019
Time: 09:00 - 19:00
Price: Free
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GemArts have worked with GVEMSG Women’s Feel Good Group and artist Michelle Wood on a visual arts project, exploring family histories and the tradition of making ‘Chai’ Indian tea. Recipes are often individual, involving a unique combination of spices like fennel, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves amongst others and handed down through generations. This exhibition presents textile artwork inspired by each family’s unique chai recipe. Each piece includes a collection of handmade elements where stitching, crochet and fabric staining sits alongside family photographs, handwritten recipes and fragments of maps of South East Asia.