Bari-Bari, a resident-led textile workshop in Holstebro dedicated to repair, clothing renewal, and the creative reuse of materials. Rooted in global conversations about sustainability, Bari-Bari connects the challenges of textile waste with indigenous repair traditions from the Global South. With a long and skilled background in dressmaking, Maro now channels his expertise into building spaces for collective making, resource sharing, and artistic collaboration — where mending becomes both a creative act and a social practice.


Alberto Maro is a textile and fashion designer with a long career in dressmaking, artist collaborations and organising collective labour. He is the founder of the textile workshop Bari-Bari working with textiles and sustainability in relation to the global climate crisis and narratives from the Global South. His projects explore new ways of creating community and resource sharing in artistic and activist contexts.

Bari Bari is part of a collaborative programme between Vesthimmerland Refugee Centres and lím collective, focusing on developing cultural initiatives with residents and artists that centre on care and creative community building. Kindly supported by Augustinus Foundation, Holstebro Kommune, and Færch Fonden. Photos: Clara Viltoft.