Joinery: Sculptural CollaborationsWeek 6 – July 5-11
Instructor: Ato Ribeiro
1-week || SCULP 670 001 || 1 credit hour || Lab Fee: $50

Quilting plays a central role in many cultures in shaping community through ritual, collective making, and storytelling. Students in this one week class will explore questions of cultural hybridity through experimental processes that cross found material with traditional crafting methods including metal working, woodworking and a variety of stitching and applique techniques. Taking traditional and contemporary approaches to gathering and communal labor as points of departure, The Built Quilt merges group explorations of quiltmaking and hybrid craft practices with critical conversations about culture, place, and history. Communal making will provide a basis for class discussion and material research and complement self-directed projects in a supportive and collaborative atmosphere. Seminar discussions on critical theories in cultural studies will engage the works of Fred Moten, Stephano Harney, Sarah Ahmed, West African folklore and artists including Ibrahim Mahama, Harriet Powers and Sadie Barnette, giving context to the intersections of contemporary theory and practice. Students will participate in material demonstrations, performance workshops and seminar discussions and contribute to a collaborative class quilt.