RU Workshop: Mini Pocket Quilts

Saturday August 8, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm

Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map)
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Free Workshop

Limited to 15 participants. If you require any accessibility accommodations, please let us know at info@residencyunlimited.org when you RSVP and we will be happy to assist.

RSVP required.

In this workshop led by María Rodríguez Jiménez (RU Alum 2020) participants will learn how to make small quilts using the pant pockets. The quilts will be done by hand or using a sewing machine – no experience with either needed.

Please bring any old clothes/fabric you would like to use, including old pant pockets if you have any.

Fabric will also be provided.

This initiative is part of a series of 20 workshops designed to provide post residency support to RU’s local alumni artists. Curated by alum curator Hayley Ferber, the workshops are centered on the theme of creative engagement with the natural environment, inviting participants to explore processes of reuse, observation, material experimentation, and collective making.

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About

María Rodríguez Jiménez received her BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2015 and MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University in 2020. Rodríguez Jiménez has participated in residencies such as the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture (2016), Fountainhead Residency (2021) and RU (2020). Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA), the Frost Art Museum (Miami, FL), and The Alabama Contemporary Art Center (Mobile, AL), among others. She was a recipient of The Fulbright Research Fellowship (2021) and the NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Fellowship (2022). She is currently a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute and lives and works in Queens, New York.

If you require any accessibility accommodations, please let us know at info@residencyunlimited.org when you RSVP and we will be happy to assist.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.