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Shagho is a multidisciplinary design leader, artist, and cultural practitioner who works at the frontiers of innovation and community. As founder of Folk Lounge, facilitates cultural programming to study the grammar of ornament known for Embroidery Socials across LA parks to explore how traditional craft practices foster community, continue cultural preservation in contemporary urban settings, connect us with land and encourage being. Born in Vladivostok, of Armenian and Russian heritage, she holds a BS in Fashion Design and an MFA in Human-Computer Interaction from California College of the Arts. She believes in the power of collective making to weave new connections between past wisdom and future possibility.
“My vision for the folk lounge is to use embroidery as a vehicle for learning craft, ornament & skill that creates inner harmony, peace and a creative outlet, but also goes into deeper domains of our ancestry, our diversity as well unity. It connects us to land, lore, flora and fauna. Learning embroidery is also learning symbolism, legends, mythology and the creation stories of the world, as well as pulling in music and dance in celebration of life. “ - Shagho