Article 22

Jeanette Durand

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 03:16:14 +0000

Jeanette Durand website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 14:16

As a visual artist, I feel most satisfied when I have created a piece of art that reflects my thoughts and emotions and imparts these to the viewer.

The media I have concentrated on are weaving, fabric collage, quilting, drawing, and painting. It is the most natural human sense of touch that draws me to work with textiles. My rich appreciation of historic and contemporary textiles stems from my professional background in textile conservation and microscope analysis at The Art Institute of Chicago, along with my studies in Italy. Creating high-quality objects, with an emphasis to explore new and old media, is an important element of my art.

Whether my artwork elicits a narrative or an abstract image, I feel an inner personal message has been captured. My images may relate to people close to me such as my sister, who was a Peace Corp volunteer in Romania. Her experience reminds me of my own travels in Italy, alone amongst a beautiful landscape edged in golden sunlight so far removed from my regular existence.

Jeanette Durand

English

United States of America

English, Italian

I incorporated a hand-embroidered tea towel from the 1950s into the piece. The simple imagery on the towel, as well as its nature as a traditional, handmade object, conjures shelter, companionship, inclusion and home. These are things that everyone deserves and that are part of the promise of Article 22. The one word stitched into the towel, ‘welcome’, also pretty much sums up the attitude that we need for all human rights.

I see a lot of homelessness on the streets of Oakland and San Francisco. Often you can see the dignity and promise in people who are down on their luck. Other times you can see that some people just truly need some help to make it in this world. But no one should have to live like that, and it is all of our responsibility to do what we can to make sure every human being can live like one.

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Article 22

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Red quilt

Loretta Avery

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:14:05 +0000

Loretta Avery website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:14

Loretta Avery is a 19-year-old student from Vancouver, Canada. She first started embroidering when she was 15, and hasn’t stopped since. This is the first embroidery project that she’s been involved in. This project is important to Loretta because she identifies as bisexual and had a lack of LGBTQI+ content growing up. Being so close to the United States can be distracting, but she doesn’t want people to forget about Canada’s past and present with LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous rights. Loretta looks forward to being involved in more projects that give bisexual and LGBTQI+ people a platform.

Loretta Avery

English

Canada

Canadian

I designed and embroidered Article 22 within a day. Although my design is simple, it is meaningful. I included the colours of the Pride flag because I am bisexual. When I first designed my piece, I had not yet come out, but in the many months since first creating this piece, I found something within me to show my true colours. Creating this piece and showing it to my peers was important in the process of me finding comfort within my sexuality and being myself.

I live in Vancouver, Canada, a beautifully diverse city. To not include the updated version of the Pride flag felt wrong, and ignorant of history. LGBTQI+ People of Colour have been some of the strongest leaders in the Pride community and fought for our rights harder than almost anyone else. Without these courageous activists, I wouldn’t have had the privilege to safely come out (or even come out at all). This project has helped me come out of my shell (and the closet) and I hope it inspires others to do the same.

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Article 22

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Green quilt

Noca Passos (Maria Fulô)

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:37:15 +0000

Noca Passos (Maria Fulô) website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:37

Noca Passos is Brazilian, living in Argentina for 12 years now, mom of three. She loves embroidering and has been doing it since she was a little child. She loves especially new challenging techniques and big-sized works, and considers that good techniques give you control to decide when to use them or not. She also loves making dolls, sewing and patchwork, and experimenting with different combinations of techniques.

Today embroidery means a lot for her routine too, as she works as an embroidery teacher, on her studio called Maria Fulô, located in Buenos Aires. She is also studying a PhD on social sciences, and her thesis is about embroidery and when it is considered as art.

Noca Passos (Maria Fulô)

Spanish

Argentina

Brazilian; descendant of indigenous, Spanish and Portuguese people

The project was a good opportunity to participate on a collective work, being in touch with people from all around, all working for the same cause. I believe in the world as a unit, with no divisions by the colour of our skin, religion, country, language, gender, distances or anything else. We are all humans.

I believe we can do a lot locally, but sometimes working online gives us the opportunity to create activism situations to make people more conscious about some topics.

Article 22 was not my first selection. But this made it challenging, as I had to think on how to express this right. I used an image of a girl happy about receiving a pair of new shoes after a war; this seemed a good example of simple things which have to be valued. I used a piece of a bedsheet which belonged to my mom, who is no longer with me.

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Article 22

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Blue quilt

Erica Gartee

website@moadoph.gov.au — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:52:16 +0000

Erica Gartee website@moadop… Mon, 10/15/2018 - 16:52

Erica Gartee is a 29-year-old artist from Michigan. She dabbles in embroidery art, painting and pyrography. She has two daughters and a brood of rescue animals. The rights of all living beings and Mother Earth drive her inspiration. While new to the world of craftivism, she hopes to contribute for many years to come!

Erica Gartee

English

United States of America

Irish, Ojibwe, French, Norwegian, Scottish and German

The ‘cultural rights indispensable for their dignity and the free development of their personality’ portion of Article 22 hit close to home. My Ojibwe ancestors were taken to residential schools and forced into marriage with French Canadian men. Their culture and language were taken from them. There are holes in my family that can never be mended. Culture is sacred: the foundation of our identity!

I also bring attention to America’s water wars. Our water and soil are being poisoned. The 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill has cost more than US$1 billion to clean up. Pipelines can, and will, leak! I stitched on fabric spray-painted by a Sioux girl at Standing Rock, the site of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. I have stitched pieces bringing attention to activist Red Fawn Fallis. I also stitched a salmon in support of the Winnemem Wintu’s efforts to bring their native salmon back to the McCloud River. Their environmental campaign is also a campaign to revitalise their culture.

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Article 22

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Yellow quilt