Changemakers is a travelling exhibition and workshop that invites you to try your hand at craftivism. Craftivists celebrate and subvert cliched notions of needlecraft and other ‘women’s work’ to bring attention to a range of social justice issues.
Changemakers features eight textile banners created by craftivist Tal Fitzpatrick. Her designs draw upon visual protest traditions such as women’s suffrage campaign banners. Like their forerunners, Tal’s banners make visible the challenges women face, including violence and inequality.
Initiatives for economic empowerment can serve to help reduce or prevent violence against women.
Accompanying the exhibition with be a special Artist Talk from Tal Fitzpatrick and two workshops. More details of these events can be found here:
Artists Talk
Workshop
Workshop - Young Adult
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).