Las Bordadoras ~ The Embroiderers

Newly arrived makers need resources and advocacy to bring their artisanal creations and generational skills to the U.S. market.

Help these families make it in the U.S. Support Direct-to-Artisan Sales 

 Artisans Beyond Borders (ABB) helps restore grace & agency to asylum seekers by supporting the cultural and familial arts of our neighbors,

Friends of Artisans Beyond Borders are all-volunteer Cultural Arts Workers keen to extend compassion, friendship, and respect across borders. We are friends of beauty and social justice, invested in healthy families and feminist sensibilities. 

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With the aid of grants from W.A.R.P. (Weave A Real Peace), and THSG (Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild, the Friends of Artisans Beyond Borders have teamed up with La Casa De Las misericordia y Todas Naciones – The House of Mercy and All Nations shelter in Nogales, Sonora, to establish a Weaving program for shelter guests.

Bordadoras embroider on the traditional manta cloth of Mexico with origins dating back to the Aztec empire. Used to wrap food for one's family, as a centerpiece for the table, a devotional cloth for the altar, or art for the wall.

Direct-to-Artisan Offerings  

 Friends of Artisans Beyond Borders source supplies, teachers, and funds to keep reparative trauma-informed, healing-centered arts and activities available at the border. 

"Eye of Witness, Hand of Faith"

Hand-woven textiles lend meditative calm and beauty to life in a shelter. Guests create small mug rugs and bookmarks for their families to keep or to sell. 

"Focus on Creativity, Color, and Calm"