Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture: Textile Arts of Tonga and the Pacific Island

Pieces of Cloth Pieces of Culture Textile Arts of Tonga and the Pacific Island
Opening July 12, CCA-Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, California

Tapa cloth is a traditional textile celebrated in the islands of the South Pacific.

This exhibition explores the dynamic expression of tapa cloth in the Pacific Islands and their diaspora.

Tapa cloths from Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, and Futuna are on view from the anthropology collection of the California Academy of Sciences.

Most notably, the exhibition will feature a newly created tapa cloth (or ngatu), made by Tongan women living in the Bay Area in collaboration with the CCA Center for Art and Public Life. Through September 7.