Lanesboro Artist in Residence Sophia Munic will teach an improvisational quilting workshop on Saturday, July 22nd from 10 am – 1 pm at Cheryl’s Fabric Garden at 108 Coffee St E, Lanesboro, MN 55949. This workshop is free, but limited capacity so registration is required.

How to we stitch together our identity? Sophia will facilitate an introduction to quilting from an improvisational lens, inviting spontaneous sewing for participants to explore how to use quilting to represent identity and the body. During their residency from July 16th through July 30th, Sophia Munic will explore improvisational quilting as a site to piece the body, and how this can materialize gender euphoria.

Sewing experience suggested; please bring sewing machine. If you do not have a sewing machine but wish to participate, please contact Melissa Wray, Program Director, at melissa@lanesboroarts.org.

Please bring fabric/materials you’d like to sew with for this workshop.

Sophia Munic (they/them) recontextualizes traditional sewing and quilting techniques through soft sculptures that consider the ideas of comfort, memory, and gender through a queer lens. As an emerging artist motivated by fiber arts and social practice, they are investigating how these two fields can facilitate community that uplifts LGBTQIA voices. With their work, they are exploring a visual language to abstract patterns to discuss gender beyond the binary. Based in Minneapolis, they have participated in shows and residencies throughout Minnesota and Washington State. Sophia is currently working on a series of quilts, Hankerin’, exploring the intersection of cowboy aesthetics, queer desire, and stitching gender. To read a full artist statement visit their artist website.

This event is free, but registration is required. The Lanesboro Artist Residency Program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.