Part 3: What Does Community Mean to You?

by | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog, Community, Our Song

This is the third instalment of people in our community sharing their ideas of what community means to them. Through the Our Song, Your Reflection project, I wanted to share stories of how community has helped, influenced, transformed the work and lives of...

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Quilt and Song

by | Jun 14, 2018 | Art, Blog, Our Song

I truly believe that collaboration is where innovation happens. And cross-disciplinary collaboration is an even more fertile space. Ten years ago, I went to school with a guy who superimposed mathematical models onto biological phenomena. What could be discovered when...

Part 2: What Does Community Mean to You?

by | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Community, Our Song

A few more people in our community share their ideas of what community means to them. Through the Our Song, Your Reflection project, I wanted to share stories of how community has helped, influenced, transformed the work and lives of quilters/artists/businesspeople. I...

Part 1: What Does Community Mean to You?

by | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Community, Our Song

Through the Our Song, Your Reflection project, I wanted to share stories of how community has helped, influenced, transformed the work and lives of quilters/artists/businesspeople. I invited a few people to make star blocks, specific to the #oursongquilt design or...

“Irrational”: In Our Own Words Quilt

by | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Community

On International Women’s Day of this year, Kim Soper of Leland Ave. Studios kicked off a project called the “In Our Own Words” quilt: “We are workers, caretakers, survivors and creators who deserve to have our voices heard and our merits...