The Carpenters’ Company and The National Liberty Museum present a provocative virtual conversation between craftivist Shannon Downey and Dr. Hinda Mandell, associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. Shannon will discuss her work and exhibition, Craftivism: Activism Through Craft, currently on display at the National Liberty Museum. Craftivism is an amalgamation of Downey’s passions, ideals, values, truths, complexities, and confessions embroidered to explore and strengthen an understanding of self, and what it means to take positive action both for yourself and others. Dr. Mandell will contextualize Shannon’s work through her own research on the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, which worked through craft to organize for the abolitionist cause and supported the work of Frederick Douglass. The conversation will be moderated by Omkari Williams, a podcaster, speaker, writer, and activist. A Zoom link will be sent out to all registrants prior to the event.
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