Outgoing

This event is in the past.It took place on May 27, 2026 at French destroyer Maillé-Brézé.

Les lectures textiles de La Déparleuse 1
Fine Arts Workshop

Les lectures textiles de La Déparleuse

Zola

Step aboard a floating workshop for an unexpected encounter with history. Artists Patrick Bernier and Olive Martin trace how "indiennes" and woven "pagnes" became currency in the transatlantic slave trade, their research unfurling through the narrow corridors of a unique boat venue.

Historical exhibition
Textile art research
Slave trade history
Boat venue

Tips

📞call ahead to reserve your spot
🧵learn about indiennes and pagnes as trade currency
explore the exhibition inside a working boat-workshop

French destroyer Maillé-Brézé

Quai de la Fosse, 44000 Nantes, France

Free

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