The video above is a Zapotec weaving demonstration going on currently at the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, just one of the many awesome things you can see at this year’s festival which continues next week, July 1-5! The programs this year are: Asian Pacific Ties: Local Lives, Global Ties, Mexico, Smithsonian Inside Out, and A [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Years ago, when I had first returned to North Carolina, I kept hearing about the amazing works of local artist Sherri Wood. I ate lunch under one of the installations of the 1200 hats she made with women in the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women. I read about her Tattoo Baby Doll Project. I [...]
One of the coolest things about writing about craftivism has to be all the amazing events/projects/people I get introduced to! Faythe Levine sent me an email about an amazing project that her friend Tanya Aguiniga is currently doing. Tanya is trying raise $7,000 for this project, and could use your donation if you have some [...]
Right about now you are probably wondering what is The Papered Parlour?
About a year ago, I got a lovely email from Claire Heafford, a fellow Goldsmiths alum, telling me about a new space she was opening up in London. From her email:
The space is called The Papered Parlour and it’s now home to [...]
I know what you’re thinking. ANOTHER video?
Well, I sought this out yesterday after a few bad days in a row. It is pretty much the best mood lifter I know. In the whole world. Not only does it make me laugh like nobody’s business, it also reminds me that we really do all have [...]