Craft your voice into a banner for change.
Accompanying the exhibition Changemakers, this workshop explores the power of craftivism—a global movement that combines craft and activism. Craftivists celebrate and subvert clichéd notions of needlecraft and other so‑called ‘women’s work’ to create platforms for advocacy. Craftivism aims to raise awareness, spark discussion, and unite communities.
Inspired by visual protest traditions, including women’s suffrage campaign banners, and guided by Tal, visitors can come together to share ideas, build community, and create a banner reflecting their own vision for change. Participants are invited to engage creatively with themes that are important to them, and to reflect on how textile and craft practices can reclaim power and political agency through traditionally marginalised art forms.
Details about the exhibition and an accompanying young adult workshop can be found here:
Exhibition: Changemakers - Crafting a Difference
About Tal
Tal Fitzpatrick is an Australian artist, craftivist and researcher. Her textile-based practise is influenced by the work of her paternal grandmother, Australian artist Dawn Fitzpatrick.
Best known for her work in the field of craftivism and has co-led a number of global craftivism projects tacking social, political and environmental issues including the @Covid19quilt (2020), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Quilt Project (2016-2018) and the PM Please Quilt Project (2017).
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).