{"product_id":"copy-of-ẹ̀lu-indigo-dye-workshop-with-kemi-oritsejafor-7-11-26-1-30pm","title":"Ẹ̀lú Indigo Dye Workshop with Kemi Oritsejafor 7\/11\/26 - 1:30PM","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSaturday July 11, 2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e1:30PM - 4:30PM\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLearn about indigo dyeing in the context of Yoruba culture through this three-hour workshop led by Kemi Oritsejafor, founder of\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sola.market\/?hl=en\" title=\"Sola Market Instagram\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e SOLA Market\u003c\/a\u003e. Students will learn about Yoruba\/Nigerian dye practices and have the opportunity to create their own dyed fabrics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll materials are included in this workshop, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea ½ yard of cotton + raw silk for each participant to practice with. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eParticipants are welcome to bring their own garments or fabrics* such as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e medium to light-colored cotton and silk items to overdye, a method in which you dye with a darker pigment to cover stains, add a new color or refresh. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Items that cannot go in the dye bath: polyester, leather, fur, spandex (lycra), nylon, sheer (gauzy) fabrics, lace, wool, undergarments, and some upholstery fabrics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis workshop is in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sola.market\/?hl=en\" title=\"Sola Market Instagram\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSOLA Market\u003c\/a\u003e and part of the Honeysuckle Summer Series of events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe workshop takes place at the \u003ca title=\"Google Maps link to the Hudson Valley Seed Company\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/CtQNFLvmZgAfHi1dA\"\u003eHudson Valley Seed Company, 11 Airport Rd, Accord, NY 12404\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKemi Oritsejafor is a Brooklyn-based, American Nigerian artist, activist, community leader, educator, and entrepreneur. Kemi's work has been at The New Museum, Global Shapers NYC, Black Girl Environmentalist, and Obodo Nigeria, a human rights center focused on LGBTQ+ rights in Nigeria and across the Black Diaspora. Kemi's creative skills developed from being taught initially by their mother, grandmothers, and aunts as survival skills on how to live well and communally. Kemi's foundations are rooted in being raised in a first-generation, immigrant West African community in the Black American South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"General Admission","offer_id":46834310250654,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sliding Scale","offer_id":46834310283422,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0072\/0909\/1117\/files\/July-_luIndigoDyeWorkshop.jpg?v=1778686697","url":"https:\/\/hudsonvalleyseed.mom\/products\/copy-of-%e1%ba%b9%cc%80lu-indigo-dye-workshop-with-kemi-oritsejafor-7-11-26-1-30pm","provider":"Hudson Valley Seed Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}