This is a call for Fiber Arts for Flemington DIY’s September 2025 Art Show!
What does Collective Liberation mean to you?
Show us with your Fiber Art, whether a full quilt or small hanging fiber piece, we want to hear from you.
This show will also exhibit our ongoing Community Liberation Quilt Project where 10 local artists are currently exploring liberation and quilt making.
In September 2025, we will have a group show at Flemington DIY displaying our Community Quilt, along with other works from our wider community. We want you to join us.
Registration is FREE and ends on August 1st.
Work must be hangable. When you register, please explain how it can be hung and we will discuss any concerns we may have with our hanging system.
REGISTRATION COMING APRIL 1st.
Below is info for our Registered participants of our on-going Community Quilt Project.
Community Quilt Saturday Gatherings from 3-4:30pm: (Registration for this has closed)
- 3/1
- 4/12
- 5/3 (at Jersey Community Acupuncture)
- 6/21
- 7/12
- 8/9
Questions:
- What is your idea of Collective Liberation?
- What resources do you look to for guidance and inspiration on liberatory work?
- What is your experience with art making and quilt making?
- Are you able to commit to working in a collective space at Flemington DIY this Spring + Summer towards our goal of community quilt, one Saturday a month from 3-5pm?
- Can you attend at least two of the workshops in the Fiber Series? Which workshops?
If workshops are cost prohibitive, please let us know here so we can figure out an affordable way for you to participate.
Please email arts@flemingtondiy.org with questions.
Some inspiration in book form for Collective Liberation:
- Living for Change, Grace Lee Boggs
- Towards Collective Liberation, Chris Crass
- Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Davis
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire
- Radical Dharma, Rev angel Kyodo williams