ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Join us for an evening centered around learning new skills and building community. Maxwell Blankenship will lead a demo on hand tufting and crochet techniques at the new Hambidge HIVE. This will be followed by an open group discussion and individual open studio working time. The event is meant to encourage textile art exploration, while creating a space for attendees to work on personal art projects.

ABOUT THE LEADER

Atlanta-based Interdisciplinary artist Marryam Moma creates analog collages that explore the Black experience, celebrating the strength and joy of bodies while challenging societal perceptions. With a Bachelor of Architecture from Temple's Tyler School of Art, Moma uses architectural clarity to amplify marginalized voices through papercut collage. Her practice spans galleries to public works: murals for Clark Atlanta University and the Atlanta Beltline, a collaged sculpture, Melanin Machina at the United Nations (2025), and ICONoclasts, an Atlanta building-wide installation for DASHBOARD. Moma's work has been featured on the XXL cover, in the NAACP Image Award-winning New Brownies Book, and on TV in Black-ish, Finding Happy, Cherish the Day, and Bel-Air. The 2023 Hambidge Center Distinguished Fellows' art lives in the permanent collections of Google, Microsoft, Home Depot, and Starbucks. Moma is currently developing "Quilts in the Sky," a large-scale, permanent sculpture for the Atlanta BeltLine, scheduled for completion in 2026.