« Carla Fernández. The Future is Handmade »

20.09 → 16.12.2023

Exhibition Free

From 16 September to 17 December 2023, la Galerie du 19M presents the exhibition « Carla Fernández. The Future is Handmade », an exploration of the world of the stylist and designer through her collaborations with Mexican artisans, whose artistry and savoir-faire she celebrates.

The experiential, educational, and participatory dimension of the designer’s work will also be explored through a series of workshops, lectures, and events. This cultural programme contributes to the recognition of the handicraft professions, encouraging their dissemination and sparking vocations among the general public, schoolchildren, students, families, and lovers of craft.

Invited by the designer and la Galerie du 19M , three artisans from different Mexican states will travel to Paris/Aubervilliers to run workshops on age-old traditional techniques. The public can learn how to paint masks with Felipe Horta, embroider and cut papel amate with Arisbeth González, and work with lacquer with Obdulia Almazán.

Past programming

Individual workshops

Painting on cardboard mask with Felipe Hort
Painting on wooden masks with Felipe Horta
Creating upcycled jewellery with Anicet
Introduction to vegetable dyeing with Clémence Vazard
Introduction to otomí embroidery with Arisbeth González
Creation of a textile painting with Sybille Berger
Introduction to maque with Obdulia Almazán
Weaving geometric motifs with Bérénice Courtin
Portrait embroidery with Pauline Angotti
Creating conifer wreaths with LAND

Workshops for young people

Painting on wooden masks with Felipe Horta
Introduction to creating upcycled jewellery with Anicet
Introduction to vegetable dyeing with Clémence Vazard
Discover papel amate with Arisbeth González
Creating a textile painting with Sybille Berger
Introduction to creating clothes on paper with Graciela Reyes
Introduction to weaving with Bérénice Courtin
Customising and decorating the upcycled Christmas tree
Creating dried flower bouquets with LAND

Collaborative workshops

Mano Habilis - a JR project with le19M
Milagritos
Brodecast
Introduction to embroidery with Arisbeth González
Creation of a textile work with Arisbeth González and Clémence Vazard
Collaborative painting with Obdulia Almazán

Conferences & Events

Opening evening
An exchange of views on the protection of creativity in Mexico and the rest of the world
Creators' market
Retour à la caverne - JR's masterclass at le19M
Profane Evening

Mano Habilis – a project with JR and le19M

From 15 September to 15 October 2023, Atelier Montex, le19M’s resident embroidery house, is teaming up with the artist JR to programme a free introductory embroidery workshop. Participants will contribute to a monumental installation designed by JR that will adorn the facade of the Palais Garnier in November 2023. The workshop is also a precursor to the Parcelle cultural garden project, due to open in spring 2024.

the Artist

Carla Fernández

Founder of the eponymous brand, Carla Fernández with her partner Christina Rangel works at the forefront of ethical fashion, documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of Mexico's indigenous communities. Her creations are made in collaboration with over 180 weavers, embroiderers, and carvers from across fifteen states of Mexico who use traditional techniques and processes to create contemporary fashion.

The exhibition, which was presented in Denver and Mexico City and is curated by Florence Müller with a design by Pedro Reyes, has here been expanded to include specially designed pieces. Fruitful collaborations between the designer, her partner craftsmen in Mexico, and four residents Maisons of le19M—Goossens, Massaro, Maison Michel, and ERES—bring together traditional and contemporary savoir-faire and techniques and the experience of an object with creative abstraction.

les Podcasts du 19M Programmation « Carla Fernández. L'avenir fait main »