26 July 2025
Bradford City Library
Intercultured Festival: Exploring Heritage
We explored the traditions of weaving, knitting and crochet.
Bradford City Library hosted another event from Intercultured Festival, aimed at building bridges with communities.
A Bradford 2025 Creative Community Award project.
About the project
We explored the traditions of weaving, knitting and crochet. Learned about the traditions of Mehndi, explored textiles art, crochet and visual arts.
Workshops included:
- Crochet and knitting
- The Art of Mehndi
- Textiles
- Creative and Visual Arts
About the artist
In its fifth year, Intercultured Festival celebrates the multilayers of cultures and communities that make up our incredible city. Hear and learn from global majority voices, and celebrate Bradford as a creative home for all.
Intercultured Festival is led by experienced Bradford artist and producer, Mussarat Rahman, along with senior producer Charlotte The Magpie.
Creative Communities Fund
This project is supported by the Bradford 2025 Creative Communities Fund programme.
Find out more about this programme and the projects we’ve supported below.
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