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Thread Bearing Witness is a community project that uses art and textiles to learn from, show solidarity with, and raise funds for displaced people. It is a project that celebrates culture and identity. Community Textile Projects, Selvedge Magazine, Art Textiles, Textile Projects, Raise Funds, Print Magazine, Beauty Art, Community Art, Thread
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Thread Bearing Witness

Far from simply being a means to create beauty, art has historically been used to convey a narrative, engage with contemporary events, and to express a shared cultural heritage. Throughout history, suppressing and destroying art has been a tactic of those who would deny various groups their identity and humanity. Today

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Community Weaving Project — Kirstyn Hom Community Textile Projects, Group Weaving Project, Collaborative Weaving Project, Community Weaving Project, Collective Art Projects, Collaborative Weaving, Community Weaving, Fashion Conference, Community Art Projects
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Community Weaving Project — Kirstyn Hom

August 2018 Facilitated by Kirstyn Hom, Ava Sayaka Rosen, Kristin Scheel Open Windows Cooperative, a community print shop, bindery and collaboration space in the Bayview, hosted a public weaving project at sites around our neighborhood throughout the summer. Our hand-built loom traveled on casters to pressure points around the transit corridor of Third Avenue. We invited friends and passersby to contribute old clothes and leftover fabric —material with stories to tell— to recycle into…

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The Ragamuf handknotted chair cover is a cozy and inviting place to rest after a long day. Don't overdo it though like this chap who was too tired to follow even the simplest instructions. | Image courtesy of Ragamuf. Textile Recycling, Clothing Furniture, Arm Chair Styles, Upcycled Textiles, Ragamuffin, Recycled Clothing, Recycled T Shirts, Crochet Cushions, Diy Quilt
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Handknotted Chair Covers | Ragamuf

Serendipity is a 'fortunate happenstance' or 'pleasant surprise'; the term was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend, Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip. The princes, he told his corre

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Andrea Vail's “Woven Community” creates smiles at Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA (May 13, 2014). Photo by Terry Brown Contemporary Tapestries, People Working Together, Art News, Fibre Art, Collaborative Art, Weaving Textiles, Art Event, Richmond Va, By Terry
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Woven Community: An Invitation To Work Shoulder-to-Shoulder

Andrea Vail creates community weaving events where people arrive as strangers and leave as friends. Hands working together untangle social tension as diverse participants - who might not otherwise meet - sit side by side to make something remarkable. Find out how these socially-engaged art events evolved. Take part in her next one at SDA's Made/Aware conference at Arrowmont in October!...

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