Before a workshop at Midwest Craft Con in Columbus, Ohio. Photo by Chris Rutan.

Talking is fun.

And over the years I’ve been lucky to have been asked to speak about different topics including craftivism, radical craft, subversive textiles, feminism + resilience and finding your voice. Through sharing images of craftwork being done presently and in the past, I like harnessing how you can use that power of agency that making gives to find, tweak and create your unique identity.

Via a lens of my own story, which includes finding resilience and finding my way home to my own voice and joy, it is my greatest hope that I can help others see how their voice matters and how they can take from the past and present to create and empower their own future.

Selected Artist Talks

  • Independent School for the City (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Gerillaslöjdfestivalen (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Kulturhuset Bergsjön (Gothenburg, Sweden)
  • University of Virginia (virtual)
  • Fashion Institute of Technology (New York City, NY)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum (London, England)
  • Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Oslo, Norway)
  • Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • The Women’s Library (London, England)
  • V2__: Institute for Unstable Media (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  • University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Arkansas)
  • Corcoran College of Art and Design (Washington, DC)
  • University of Huddersfield (Huddersfield, England)
  • Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (Houston, TX)
  • The Knitting & Stitching Show (London, England)
  • BeAM @ UNC (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • Midwest Craft Con (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Panels