As part of her solo exhibition Living in Sanctuary at Baxter St. at the Camera Club of New York, artist Cinthya Santos-Briones invites you to participate in collective embroidery workshops and stitching circles which explore contemporary narratives of migration in the United States. The events are presented by Baxter St. at the Camera Club of New York in partnership with Magnum Foundation.
Living in Sanctuary traces the daily lives of undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in the United States who have sought refuge within churches, temples, and faith communities. Santos-Briones has been a Magnum Foundation Fellow since 2017, and the work on view was developed in her Magnum Foundation fellowship.
Date and Time
Friday, July 10, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Friday, July 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Friday, July 24, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Saturday, August 1, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Location
Baxter St. at the Camera Club of New York
154 Ludlow St | New York, NY 10002
Participants will embroider phrases drawn from news reports, headlines, and press archives related to the current anti-immigrant political climate. Through the slow, shared practice of embroidery, we will transform words designed for immediate media consumption into a space for dialogue, critical reflection, and collective witness.
Inspired by Chilean arpilleras, Mexico’s Bordados por la Paz collectives, and other Latin American practices that have used textiles to denounce state violence and forced disappearances, the project approaches embroidery as a tool for memory, collective witness, and community repair.
The workshops will be co-facilitated by María José Prudente, a Mixtec Indigenous embroiderer, language rights advocate, attorney, and interpreter in immigration courts.
All materials will be provided, and no prior embroidery experience is required. The workshop will be bilingual (Spanish and English). While each session can be attended independently, participants are encouraged to join the full series, as the project will be developed collectively across all four gatherings.