The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles has officially opened a new exhibition, Woven Lives: Exploring Women’s Needlework from the Italian Diaspora, which examines the significance of needlework in the lives of Italian-American women, their families, and communities from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

The exhibition, which is open to the public from January 29 to October 16, 2022, reconsiders the role of needlework beyond its aesthetic value and utilitarian purposes, recognizing it as an extraordinary medium for expressing and preserving culture. Woven Lives showcases a variety of handmade textiles created by Italian-American women.