A Common Thread: International Textile Collaboration

When

Opening: Thursday October 23th, 5 p.m 

24 October 2025 - January 2026

Where

BIENALSUR

Km: 7030

Venue: MACCO - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y de las Culturas Oaxaqueñas

Address : C. Macedonio Alcalá 202

City : Oaxaca

Mexico

What

A Common Thread is an international contemporary textile art project that fosters dialogue between artists from Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, Croatia and Kyrgyzstan, along with master women artisans from the Tamachij Chihuatl Collective of Nahua origin from Hueyapan, Puebla. The project consists of a residency and a collaborative process, during which the participating artists use wool shawls woven on pedal looms in Hueyapan as the basis for their creative interventions. This exchange brings together traditional techniques and contemporary practices, establishing a cultural and aesthetic connection between communities, ancestral knowledge, and contemporary artistic expression. The exhibition is curated by Greta de León (Mexico) and Dorothea Schöne (Germany) as part of a collaboration between ARENET (the Americas Research Network), Kunsthaus Dahlem (Berlin) and MACCO (Oaxaca).