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An exhibition of the works of Roma embroidery artist: Marketa SestakovaWest Park Centre, Leeds 7 – 25 June 2010 Thackray Museum, Leeds 1 July – 9 August 2010

Marketa SestakovaMarketa Sestakova was born 17 January 1952,in Rokycany (Czech Republic). She grew up in achildren’s home following the sudden death of hermother. During a search for her roots she discoveredthe world of the Roma. She also found a husbandand a new life. Sestakova worked as an unskilledlabourer but lost her job in the early 1990s. Becauseof this she was able to devote more time to her artisticpassion – embroidered depictions of Roma life.All of Sestakova’s works are original and she drawsall the patterns herself. The embroidered picturesdepict Romani life as a humane and pastoral idyll.She also collects old Romani fairy tales and storieswhich she uses in her art and literary works.She refuses to accept the plight of the Roma andregularly raises Roma issues in essays which arefeatured in the Romani newspaper Romano Hangos(Roma Voice) which is published in Brno.This exhibition is part of Gypsy Roma TravellerHistory Month 2010 in Leeds.Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service,The Library, West Park Centre, Spen Lane, Leeds LS16 5BEt: 0113 274 8050e: claire.lockwood@educationleeds.co.ukw: www.grtleeds.co.ukThackray Museum,141 Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7LNt: 0113 244 4343e: delphi@thackraymuseum.orgw: www.thackraymuseum.orgEquality and Entitlement in LeedsGypsy Roma Traveller Achievement ServiceGypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service Leedswww.grtleeds.co.ukBratislavska 67, Brno 602 00, Czech Republicwww.rommuz.cz