This group show combines the work of five artists: Anna Carpenter, Remelisa Cullitan, May Kytonen, Margaret Mount, and Eva Silverstone as well as the community group Craftivists of the Inland Northwest. Each of the artists are working in their own way to remix fiber traditions in order to explore a variety of concepts including identity, femininity, body, community, and fiber itself in the role of art.

A range of materials and techniques are used in this exploration. Anna Carpenter’s quilt of towels and sheets reminds us of the value of female choice, while Remelisa Cullitan uses pantyhose and hair to normalize everyday parts of women’s lives that are all too often stigmatized. Eva Silverstone and Margaret Mount both use previously worn materials that they have an intimate connection to, as well as embroidery and patchwork techniques to fit the act of creation into their busy and complicated lives. May Kytonen spins and weaves newspaper and creates connection with her Asian-American identity and community. Community is also the central theme of the baby onesies stitched by Craftivists of the Inland Northwest which celebrates the diversity of our community and highlights the increasing need for interconnectedness.

Throughout there is a stretching of the concept of stitching and fiber arts as “women’s work” in order to push that further into the realm of art and communicate that women’s voice in art are strong and important. While this “push” exists and strives to communicate, there is also the presence of honoring the long tradition of fiber as “women’s work” and the history of the stitches that came before. It is the hope of these artists that we can balance between pushing the art of fiber and acknowledging the work that came before.

Some of the onesies will be at FemFest at the Bartlett in Spokane. Come join us for the first annual celebration of intersectional feminist artistic expression! For more information, go to https://www.spokanenow.org/femfest-2018

Come stitch with us at the Downtown Spokane Library! Come stitch under the onesies and contribute to the onesey installation or do you own work. Onesey supplies will be provided by the library.

Craftivists of the Inland Northwest invite you to join us for an installation of our stitched baby onesies.

They will be on display for the month of September at the Community Building, 35 W Main, Spokane, WA.

The opening reception will be held from 11:00 am -2:00 pm on September 9, 2017.

Stitch-a-alongs are scheduled for every Saturday from 12:00-2:00 pm in September. Please join us.

For more information, please refer to our event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1535862359785132/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story