Exhibition of Arpilleras in the Frost Library, Archives and Special Collections
A stunning collection of powerful images of resistance and beauty is on display in the Frost Library through March '08. The arpilleras (fabric artwork) are the collection of Marjorie Agosin.
Agosin, professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, will speak on "Threads of Hope" on Monday, Feb. 25, at 4:30 p.m. in Pruyne Lecture Room of Fayerweather Hall.
Agosin is a spokesperson for the plight and priorities of women in third-world countries. Her book, Scraps of Life: Chilean Arpilleras (Red Sea Press, 1987, translated by Cola Franzen) tells of Chilean women who make their struggles known to the world through the exposition of arpilleras, folk tapestries that tell of their bravery and hardships in the face of oppression.
A reception will follow in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room, Frost Library, where Agosin's collection of arpilleras will be on display. Sponsored by the Georges Lurcy Lecture Fund, the event is free and open to the public.
Photos by Marian Walker