Workshop: ‘Wearing the Netela’
For girls and women aged 8 and above.
Learn how to wear the netela and express your personality in this dynamic world offering a refined range of Ethiopian clothing. Discover how to wear the netela for different occasions. With artist Kidist Degaffe.
Discover the fabrics and styles for yourself.
Ethiopian aperitif offered at the end of the workshop.
Limited places.
Registration required.
The workshop is free but has limited capacity. If you have taken a ticket but are unable to attend, please notify the MEG reception desk (accueil.meg@geneve.ch) so that your place can be made available to someone else.

Artist:
Kidist Hailu Degaffe, known as Degaffe, is a visual artist born in 1969 in Ethiopia. After obtaining a degree in English and literature in 1992 from Addis Ababa University, she worked in various sectors: aeronautics, journalism, marketing and education. She then decided to follow her vocation to become an artist and, in 2005, she completed her studies at a private art school in Addis Ababa.
A highly committed artist fighting for women's and children's rights, Degaffe participates in exhibitions with works known as Endurance. Her stories reflect the tenacity and hope of a life free from fear and need. In 2008, she joined thirty contemporary Ethiopian artists to create a 100-metre-long canvas in Addis Ababa as part of a campaign against early marriage in Ethiopia organised by the United Nations.
She has been living in French-speaking Switzerland since 2009. Some of her works are part of the collection of the National Museum of Ethiopia and the Brulhart Gallery in Geneva.