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CRAFTIVISM IN THE UNITED STATES

6/7/2024

 
CRAFTIVISM IN THE UNITED STATES
4 WEEK ONLINE ZOOM COURSE
JUNE 7 - JUNE 28
FRIDAYS 1PM-2PM ET
$95 JRACRAFT MEMBERS|$135 NON-MEMBERS
Learn about the history of craftivism, which first burst into the makersphere in the early 2000s. Students will explore the historical roots of craftivism as a DIY movement, craftivism’s status in material culture, the connections between craftivism and feminism, and how craftivism has spilled over into the field of socially engaged art. This course will cover numerous craftivist projects in a variety of mediums, including needlework as protest, the Hand Medal Project, Coral Reef Crochet, Michael Strand and the Misfit Cup Liberation Project, and Sarah Clugge and “craftivist dinners”, among others.

In addition to four live Zoom classes, you will receive extensive resources for further readings and watching. Can’t make a class? No worries, classes will be recorded and made available for all class registrants.
TOPICS INCLUDE​
  • Defining craftivism, then and now
  • Craftivism as care
  • Craftivism in museums and galleries
  • Understanding craftivism as part of the most recent “wave” of feminism 
  • Examples of contemporary craftivists and craftivist movements
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
hINDA MANDELL | @crochetactivism
Hinda Mandell, Ph.D., is a professor at RIT who teaches stitching in the Liberal Arts classroom as a pedagogical approach for her classes that focus on media writing and visual culture. She has also led workshops at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts in Boston, at the Women’s Rights National Historic Park, at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, and through the Rochester Public Library system. She is currently under contract for a book on the persuasive nature of handcraft in abortion politics in the U.S. (Rowman &Littlefield). Mandell is the editor of the books Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism (RIT Press, 2019) and Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). She is co-editor of Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election (University of Rochester Press, 2018); the author of Sex Scandals, Gender and Power in Contemporary American Politics (Praeger, 2017); and co-editor of Scandal in a Digital Age (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). 

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