…cultural appropriation and straight up stealing of their culture and ideas (via Fashionista). 3) Aram Han Sifuentes’ collaborative project, The Protest Banner Lending Library, was recently nominated for the 2017……
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…21st century social commentaries. Her Zero Tolerance makes a powerful statement about the current crises of families separated at our southern border. The Rio Grande River divides the cloth and……
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…in my opinion is absurd. I am always trying to add irony to my work, I think it is easier to communicate some important topics in that way.” – Dilyara……
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…focused on painted, printed and dyed textiles in the form of wall pieces and functional items. In her current body of work, she also includes drawing and mixed media, creating……
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My current project, 3 Dykes Walk into a Bar…, involves tapestries, embroidered work, and textile sculpture that reveal three characters who are young dykes—coming of age between the 1990s and……
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…a starting point for discussion to generate new ways of talking about work and strategies for opening interpretive potential, both verbally and creatively. Please note that participation is limited to……
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…with ample success stories—and cautionary tales. What motivates the desire to mend rather than discard? This issue is filled with inspiring examples of artists working around the globe to raise……
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…group of dedicated people. It seems to me that a meaningful gift for volunteering time and effort is exposure to the fiber art community by the only organization that represents……
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…developments in rehabilitative care that include the donning and doffing of clothing as important steps towards independence and self-actualization. She also speaks to more current events highlighting, for example, how……
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…the 2017 “Women’s March”, who have continued to use mass craftwork for social good by developing the Welcome Blanket project, which is both aid for immigrants and protest of current……
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