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- Fiber Artists for Hope (FAH) is a diverse group of artists committed to creating fiber art that addresses today's social issues, promoting dialogue for change, and fostering understanding
- Originally organized in 2009 to exhibit art quilts inspired by the historic election of Barack Obama
- Fiber Artists for Hope is diverse, representing all aspects of the human experience including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, and nationality
- FAH creates fiber art to provoke thoughtful dialogue, instigate positive social change and promote the pursuit of justice and equality
EXHIBITIONS:
President Obama: A Celebration in
Art Quilts
·
The King Street Gallery of The Cafritz Arts
Center of Montgomery College in Silver Spring, MD, Maryland, February- March 2009.
An online version of this exhibit can be seen at: http://www.quiltart.com/obama
Journey of Hope:
Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama
Curator: Dr.
Carolyn Mazloomi
Many of FAH artists
contributed to this exhibition and book
·
The DuSable Museum Chicago, IL February-May 2012
·
The National Afro-American Museum & Cultural
Center in Wilberforce, OH December 2009 - 2010
The Unspoken Truth About
Color: A Dialogue in Art Quilts about Racism
Curator: Jeanette Thompson
This exhibition examines the most complex and seldom
discussed, most problematic and insistent of all issues in our culture today:
racism
·
International Quilt Convention Africa,
Johannesburg, South Africa, July 27-29, 2012
·
Williams College, '62 Center for Performing Arts,
Williamstown, MA, January 15, 2012
·
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, September
15-18, 2011
·
Pacific International Quilt Festival, October
13-16, 2011
·
Mancuso Management Quilt Festival Tour:
·
Quilt Fest of New Jersey, March 3-6, 2011
·
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February 24-27, 2011
·
ARC Gallery and Education Foundation, Chicago, IL,
April 27-May 22, 2011
·
Collaborated with Chicago YWCA as part of The
National Day to Illuminate Racism
·
Presented a free Racial Justice workshop to the
public
·
Debuted at the Applied Research Center Facing
Race Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2010
·
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo:
·
Tinley Park, IL, Tinley Park Convention Center, November
2012
·
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis
Marriott Northwest, November 2012
·
Duluth, GA, Gwinnett Center, October
2012
·
Kansas City, MO, KCI-Expo Center, October
2012
·
Chantilly, VA, Dulles Expo Center, Oct. 2012
·
Schaumburg, IL, Schaumburg
Convention Center, April 2012
·
Worcester, DCU Center, MA, April 2012
· Cleveland, OH, I-X Center, March 2012
Reflections
on September 11th, A Decade Later
Curator:
Jeanette Thompson
·
Fringe Festival Chicago, in collaboration with
HumanThread Ribbons for Peace, a public
art installation that included ribbons from around the world to send a message
of peace, September 2011
The President's
House: Their Untold Story in Quilts
Curator: Michelle Flamer
Presents quilted narratives
about the nine enslaved Africans held captive in George & Martha
Washington's Philadelphia executive mansion
Many of FAH artists
participated in this exhibition, which was curated by a FAH artist
·
The Spirits Break to Freedom, Painted Bride Art
Center, Philadelphia, PA, October 21, 2012
·
Independence Visitors Center, The National
Constitution Center, and the African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, July
4-September 2011
American Spring: A Cause For
Justice
Curator: Michelle Flamer
An exhibition of narrative
quilts honoring the memory of Trayvon Martin and other victims of intolerance
and prejudice based on race, religion, LGBT personhood, or ethnicity
·
HumanThread, Chicago, Il, January 2013
·
Applied Research Center Facing Race National
Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 2012,
·
Trayvon Martin: Save Our Sons &
Daughters, Philadelphia, PA, October 7, 2012,
·
Hearne Fine Art Gallery and Central
Rock High School National Historic Site, 55th Anniversary of Desegregation,
Little Rock, AK, October 2012,
·
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Monroeville Convention Center, Pittsburgh,
PA, August 2012
·
Celebration for Quilters Hall of Fame,
Marion, IN, July 2012
·
InSEA/USSEA Conference, Indianapolis,
IN, June 2012
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
Broad Changes: Women of Social Justice
Curators: Jeanette Thompson, Susan Shie, Jancy McClellan,
and Sherry Boram
This
exhibition honors the work of women throughout history who have sacrificed
their lives and time to for justice or equality to make the world a
better place
Available after January 2013
PUBLICATIONS:
·
Quilters Newsletter, June/July 2009
& October/November 2011
·
Quiltmania Magazine, Issue Number 71,
2009 & Issue Number 84, 2011
·
Quilt Japan, September 2009
·
Neighborhood Writing Alliance: Journal
of Ordinary Thought
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