{"id":11308,"date":"2019-07-31T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=11308"},"modified":"2019-08-05T07:51:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:51:23","slug":"diana-weymar-pages-from-interwoven-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/diana-weymar-pages-from-interwoven-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Weymar: Pages from Interwoven Stories, Aug. 1-Sept. 14, 2019, Collins Library, Gallery Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We are pleased to exhibit a selection of pages from artist Diana Weymar\u2019s Interwoven Stories <\/strong>project.\u00a0 Interwoven Stories<\/a> <\/strong>is a community stitching project that was started by Weymar, a Canadian artist, \u00a0supported by the Princeton Arts Council in New Jersey.\u00a0 The project has expanded to include stitched pages from a number of organizations in this country and abroad.\u00a0 The University of Puget Sound contributed a chapter to Interwoven Stories as a result of a residency Weymar had on our campus several years ago.\u00a0 Titled, Refashioning Identity<\/em>, the Puget Sound pages explore gendered assumptions governing needlework in the past and images that might express and transform our perceptions.\u00a0 The images also address the way in which we \u201crefashion\u201d our identities to better reflect the diversity of our experiences in the community. \u00a0<\/strong>Other chapters on display include pages from the Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey<\/em>.\u00a0 These pages were done by art students who explored the cultural context of images shared on social media by stitching images that they commonly share within their community.\u00a0 Pages from the Trans Tipping Point<\/em> project in Victoria, BC., focus on messages to elevate the voices of trans youth. The pages from the Build Peace<\/em> from Zurich, Switzerland and Bogota, Columbia bring together practitioners, activists, artists and technologists from around the world to share experience and ideas on using technology, arts and other innovations for peacebuilding and conflict transformation.<\/p>\n

Also highlighted in the exhibition is information about Weymar\u2019s latest project:\u00a0 Tiny Pricks.\u00a0 Tiny Pricks <\/strong>has received international attention and was recently highlighted in The New Yorker Magazine:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/07\/22\/stitch-n-bitch-for-the-trump-era<\/a>.\u00a0 This politically charged stitching effort invites members of the public to contribute stitched quotes of the President on antique or old fabric.\u00a0 As Weymar states in the New Yorker, \u201c \u201cThis makes me so happy, I can\u2019t tell you,\u201d she said. \u201cI woke up this morning, and I thought, How early can I come in? People are just at home, frustrated. They can\u2019t talk about politics anymore. This project is like a treasure hunt. You find the quote that really resonates for you. Like, where were you the moment you heard him say\u00a0this<\/em>, and you thought,\u00a0Oh<\/em>,\u00a0no<\/em>,\u00a0no<\/em>,\u00a0no<\/em>,\u00a0no<\/em>. That\u2019s not possible. That he\u2019s our President. That he\u2019s our\u00a0President.<\/em>\u00a0In that sense, I think of it as a memorial, too\u2014like when you see the Vietnam Memorial, the multitudes is what hits you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details about how to contribute are available in the exhibition space and online.<\/p>\n

Collins Library is also hosting our own stitching project described below.\u00a0 We hope you will Pick Up the Thread!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pick Up the Thread<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you inspired by the Interwoven Stories pages?\u00a0 If so, you have a chance to join our Stitching on Paper project!\u00a0 The example on the wall was done by Puget Sound student Carlisle Huntington.<\/p>\n

Read more about stitching on paper and work of artist Jessica A. Kelly by browsing the articles on the table.<\/p>\n

Want to contribute?\u00a0 Just follow these easy steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Select a page from our basket.<\/li>\n
  2. Borrow a needle and some thread or use your own.<\/li>\n
  3. Fill out a short entry form.<\/li>\n
  4. Return your page and entry form to the Library Administration Office between now and December 1, 2019.<\/li>\n
  5. We will add your stitched page to this wall!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Stuck for an idea?\u00a0 Stitch a single word that describes Puget Sound, a favorite quote, stitch around a letter, a note of music or an illustration!<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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