Meet & Greet w/ Roshni Kavate & Violeta Ortega Navarette

Join artists Roshni Kavate and Violeta Ortega Navarette for a relaxed Meet & Greet with food and conversation. 

Together we will make halupki, stuffed cabbage rolls with flavors from Slovakia, Mexico, and India, and learn more about artists and their work. Roshni and Violeta will share their plans for the residency and project: “Topology of Resistance: Textiles Altars as healing spaces”, which explores how altars can be spaces of care, shaped by memory, ritual, and care.

This is a chance to cook together, hear their story, and connect over shared traditions and new ideas.

We look forward to meeting you.

Roshni Kavate (US/IN) and Violeta Ortega Navarette (MX) create an artistic duo,  whose work focuses on recognizing ancestral knowledge and their languages as pathways for healing the consequences of capitalism. Through their practice, they reclaim textile making as a form of archiving memories, healing, self-care, and community building. They employ ancestral techniques including weaving and dyeing with natural materials such as indigo and marigold plants, using handwoven textiles and materials like foraged seaweed, local wool, and recycled natural materials.

The residency program is supported using public funding by the Slovak Art Council. The Slovak Art Council is the main partner of this project.