Project Threadways Symposium

Join us as we explore how textiles are used as a vehicle for expression, how the act of making supports community organization & how material culture documents activism and movements throughout history. The 2022 Project Threadways Symposium will offer in-person & virtual experiences. In addition to the presentations, in-person guests will experience the local community—steeped in textile history—through food, drink, conversation, a workshop & off-site events. Speakers includes Carrie Barske-Crawford, MSNHA director; Jessamyn Hatcher & Thuy Lin Tu, professors of Global Studies at New York University; Janneken Smucker, professor & historian at West Chester University; artist & author Carolyn Mazloomi; singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; artist Diana Weymar, of Tiny Pricks Project; and designer Barbara de Vries. The symposium is presented in partnership with the MSNHA, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture & Alabama Chanin. Details & registration at projectthreadways.org/symposia-events