Meraki Sisterhood on a Mission to Promote Handicrafts

Meraki is a Greek word that means to do something with soul, creativity or love, leaving something of yourself in what you are doing. The three Jakarta craftswomen, Lita Jonathans, Wiwik Winarni, and Wien Wardana, chose the name Meraki Sisterhood for themselves, because it expresses the heart of their mission: to generate public interest in Jakarta’s 39 public museums while creating public space where those interested in handicrafts can meet, exchange and learn. by Marianne Scholte

Merah Putih Exhibition at Museum Tekstil

The Meraki Sisterhood’s first event was an outdoor gathering of quilting friends at the Museum Layang-Layang (Kite Museum) in February 2017. The quilters brought their quilts, took pictures and laid plans for a kite-related exhibition at the museum in 2018.

The Meraki Sisterhood then turned their attention to Museum Tekstil (Textile Museum), where they organized their second event in August 2017, the spectacularly successful Merah Putih (red-white) handicraft exhibition to celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day. Red and white are the colors of the Indonesian flag, and a wide variety of handicrafters, including knitters, tatters, embroiderers, crocheters, weavers, lace-makers, clothing designers, batikers, and quilters went all out to demonstrate their love of Indonesia through their handicrafts.

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