Make and Move: Footwork and Handwork

Get in the game through Make and Move, a series of programs that blend movement with art making to explore the intersections of sports, arts, and culture.

In this program, we’ll find the connection between soccer and fashion. Get in the Game artist Jasko Begovic (Sko Habibi) will be joined by collaborators Asaad Bruno, Dania Cabello, Arjuna Sayyed, and Max Ornstil, who all share a dual passion for soccer and expression through textiles. Test out your soccer skills and gather pointers for play as Cabello and Ornstil offer a series of relays that explore the basics of soccer. Plus, get hands-on with Begovic and Bruno’s art practices, which focus on textiles, stitching, embroidery, and more. You’ll have the opportunity to experiment with these techniques on various textiles in a self-guided format. At 7 p.m., a special closing performance will invite you to learn about freestyle soccer and join in on this form of self-expression.

Schedule

4–7 p.m. | Drop-in making and moving

7 p.m. | Freestyle with Dania and Max

About the Artists and Athletes

Jasko Begovic (Sko Habibi) is an artist, soccer player, and consulting coach with California Magic Soccer Club. As an artist he operates at the intersections of art and fashion and explores narratives of identity, belonging, spirituality, and exclusion through a wide range of media.

Asaad Bruno (“AB”) Benmiloud is an Algerian-French-American artist, designer, creative director and consultant from the Bay Area. He specializes in symbolism through visual art and slow-fashion design, and works actively as a collaborator with other artists. His mixed media work articulates taste and ideology with depth and texture as a study of nature and humanity. He is the founder of AH-LEZ lifestyle art/design brand, GÜSTO tailor shop products/services, and the creative commerce platform focusing on remembrance through accessible collectibility, SOUVENIR.

Dania Cabello is a former professional soccer player and a sports culture coach who works in the areas of social and behavioral dynamics, leadership, critical literacy, and the arts. She works on helping teams and individuals in sporting contexts acquire the skills to deconstruct power to better reshape the cultural narratives that influence our environments. Dania is the cofounder of Oakland Street Stylers with Arjuna Sayyed.

Max Ornstil is a recently retired professional soccer player and multi-media storyteller. He is the co-founder of NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS CLUB, which sits at the intersection between soccer culture and community, pushing the game forward through community, design, storytelling, and athletics.