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Quilts and Activism

Quilts and Activism

FromRunning Stitch - A QSOS Podcast


Quilts and Activism

FromRunning Stitch - A QSOS Podcast

ratings:
Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Episode 2 of Running Stitch focuses on quilts and activism. Quilters have long used their work to make statements and advocate for change, tackling abolition, temperance, suffrage, and many other social justice issues. Join host Janneken Smucker for a conversation with quilter and author of Why We Quilt, Thomas Knauer, discussing why quilts are great objects for making statements, and how Thomas communicates politically through his own quilts.
Released:
Jul 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (24)

Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.