March guild meeting: The Red Dress

We will gather together at the Goleta Valley Community Center on March 1st, for a Zoom presentation with British artist Kirstie Macleod. She conceived of a project with an expansive vision, involving skilled artists from around the world who each contributed their embroidery skills to execute her award-winning global collaborative embroidery project. In the artist's own words she says:

"Initially the project sought to generate a dialogue of identity through embroidery, uniting people around the world across borders and boundaries. However, over the 14 years it was created, The Red Dress also became a platform for self- expression and an opportunity for, often marginalized, voices to be amplified and heard, initiating vital dialogues on important and frequently uncomfortable issues.”