Surrey Art Gallery presents Weaving with Memories: Media Arts Symposium, November 21
Annual event features artmaking and conversation in connection with two exhibitions, In the Folds of Memory and tender threads
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Participants add to a weaving in the exhibition In the Folds of Memory. Photo by Pardeep Singh
Surrey Art Gallery is hosting the Weaving with Memories: Media Arts Symposium on November 21 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the gallery. Guests are invited to join in on an afternoon of engaging dialogue and inspiring artmaking in connection with two ongoing exhibitions, In the Folds of Memory and tender threads, co-convened by Manjot Bains. Admission to the symposium is free.
The afternoon begins with Farheen Haq, who will share a new media work in progress. This piece takes inspiration from the poetic form of the Urdu ghazal and its capaciousness to hold difference within two lines. Haq has been studying 19th-century Indian poet Ghalib’s couplets and is creating a lyrical, gestural video work that reflects on how ravishing disunities can be held together with beauty and contemplation.
Bains will lead a panel conversation with Haq and the two exhibiting artists from tender threads: Jonathan Alfaro and Sena Cleave. During the chat, dialogue will be drawn from themes connected to both In the Folds of Memory and tender threads. Bains will also call upon deeper meanings from the practices of each artist.
Farheen Haq, digital still, 2026. Photo courtesy of the artist
Rounding out the event will be an artmaking activity inspired by the works of Alfaro and Cleave in tender threads. The artists will be sharing their techniques of deconstructing found fabric and weaving with organic materials. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own weaving with provided material, bringing a hands-on element to the symposium.
Weaving with Memories is the 18th edition of Surrey Art Gallery’s annual media arts symposium. While the first decade of the symposium focused on sound art, aural experience, and audio cultures, recent symposia have examined international video poetry, dance, the COVID-19 pandemic, and new digital art practices.
Founded in 1975, Surrey Art Gallery presents contemporary art by local, national, and international artists, including digital and audio art. Recognized for its award-winning programs, the gallery engages visitors of all ages—from children to adults—in conversations that affect their lives, providing folks with opportunities to interact with artists and the artistic process.
Learn more about the Media Arts Symposium here.
Post sponsored by Surrey Art Gallery.
Visitor in tender threads. Photo by Pardeep Singh
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