PLQ projects past & present
community quilt fundraisers
PLQ x Sincere Studio
Raising for a queer-led sewing non-profit and quilting bee space in Portland, OR. Quilting is for everyone and France’s studio makes sure their community has a place to begin.
All proceeds from sweatshirt & tshirt sales to the community studio. Embroidered on thrifted and new sweatshirts, inclusive size range.
2022 - ongoing. Check Sincere Studio for updates.
2022 quilt fundraiser for Gender Nation & True Colors United
With anti-queer & trans laws on the rise in the US, places of sanctuary and identity affirmation are more important than ever for youth. We raised £6,000 to get queer books into public school libraries and fund access to safe youth housing.
Collaborators: Alice Gabb, Common Threads Press, & One Tiny Bookshop.
2021 quilt fundraiser for Land In Our Names
A community plant dyed quilt for land & racial justice raising £19,000 for a grassroots grant program administered by LION to Black growers working to brings gardens and food justice to communities in the UK.
Collaborators: Decolonise the Garden, Sui Searle, & Land in Our Names.
public arts education work
Education programming with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer at Tatter Blue Library, NYC
The People’s Quilting Bee. Public arts education & quilt history programming based at the folk art library Tatter Blue.
Invited speaker, Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse Museum, Norfolk
Join curator Rachel Kidd and panellists Nick Mansfield, Ed Hall and Jess Bailey as they discuss the art and legacy of the Great Strike of 1923 in Norfolk, UK. May 16, 2023.
Interviewed for a quilting feature, The Sunday Times
Contributions on the history of quilting and Many Hands Make a Quilt: short histories of radical quilting.
Grant recipient, The Quilt Alliance
Recipient of a 2022 quilt research fellowship for work with the Quilt Alliance’s oral history archive.
Podcast guest on Zak Foster’s Seamside
A chat about history, representation, male quilters, and starting quilt traditions from scratch. Sturdy Traditions: Season 1, Episode 5.
Invited speaker, The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge
Accompanying the exhibition What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles (2022) curated by Naomi Polonsky and Lorna Dillon.
Feature Interview, Bustle
Feature for the UK magazine Bustle written by El Hunt on the legacy of quilting and its histories.
Zine fair at the Tate Modern, London
Many Hands Make a Quilt sold at the Tate Modern by distributor Art Data, London.
Podcast guest on Dr. Janneken Smucker’s Running Stitch
Radical Quilt History with Dr. Jess Bailey, Season 3, Episode 5. Produced by the Quilt Alliance.
PhD & Early Career Research community programming
Summer Symposium 2023
The annual Association for Art History forum for PhD & Early Career Researchers, June 30, 2023, Women’s Library Glasgow, Scotland.
The Future of Art History Roundtable 2023
Invited speaker, Association for Art History annual Conference, April 12-14, 2023, UCL, London.
Summer Symposium 2022
The annual Association for Art History forum for PhD & Early Career Researchers, July 21-22, 2022, online.