by andrea | 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...
by andrea | 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...
by andrea | May 24, 2018 | Art, Blog, Our Song, Quilts
I have teamed up with award-winning songwriter and musician Meaghan Smith to create Our Song, Your Reflection – a celebration of community through music and quilting. The project gets to the core of what makes us tick as creatives — connecting people and...
by andrea | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
When IKEA opened up here in Halifax in September 2017, there were a ton of things that I was excited about: Getting the perfect rug for our living room, storage systems for my kids’ mess, and beautifully designed fabric. But so far, the most vital purchase for...
by andrea | Jul 12, 2017 | Art, Blog, Canada, Pier 21
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts describing and documenting The Here & Elsewhere Bee, my project as the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. A list of the subsequent posts related to the project can be found at the...
