This week on The Italian Radio Hour: "Tracing threads and weaving stories" with Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo
Of Calabrian origin, Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo is a multi-disciplinary artist, mother, researcher, arts worker, curator, and writer, based near Mildura in Northwest Victoria, Australia.
Via a variety of disciplines, Luci makes artifacts utilizing traditional women’s modes of making: sewing, embroidery, and crochet, reinventing these notions through her practice, reclaiming these practices through memory and intention. The work is a manifestation of the hopes, dreams, and desires of migrant women, and also, their lived realities. It strives to honor their voices which were often silenced by the dominant gender roles within the Italian Calabrian diaspora.
