About
Lanesboro Artist in Residence Sophia Munic will teach an improvisational quilting workshop on Saturday, July 29th from 10 am – 1 pm
at Cheryl’s Fabric Garden at 108 Coffee St E, Lanesboro, MN 55949. This
workshop is free, but limited capacity so registration is required.
How to we stitch together our identity? Sophia will facilitate an
introduction to quilting from an improvisational lens, inviting
spontaneous sewing for participants to explore how to use quilting to
represent identity and the body. During their residency from July 16th
through July 30th, Sophia Munic will explore improvisational quilting as
a site to piece the body, and how this can materialize gender euphoria.
Sewing experience suggested; please bring sewing machine. If you do
not have a sewing machine but wish to participate, please contact
Melissa Wray, Program Director, at [email protected].
Please bring fabric/materials you’d like to sew with for this workshop.
Sophia Munic (they/them) recontextualizes
traditional sewing and quilting techniques through soft sculptures that
consider the ideas of comfort, memory, and gender through a queer lens.
As an emerging artist motivated by fiber arts and social practice, they
are investigating how these two fields can facilitate community that
uplifts LGBTQIA voices. With their work, they are exploring a visual
language to abstract patterns to discuss gender beyond the binary. Based
in Minneapolis, they have participated in shows and residencies
throughout Minnesota and Washington State. Sophia is currently working
on a series of quilts, Hankerin’, exploring the intersection of cowboy
aesthetics, queer desire, and stitching gender. To read a full artist
statement visit their artist website
This event is free, but registration is required. The Lanesboro Artist Residency Program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.