Scarborough’s Queer Quilt: A living/ongoing project
Contribute to our ongoing living textiles project, the Scarborough Queer Quilt, which is a celebration of Scarborough's queer community
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// About! //
As part of our current queer strand at Crescent Arts, we want to get our community involved in our upcoming community quilt call-out. The quilt will be a contemporary representation of being LGBTQI+ in 21st-century Scarborough. In the first round of the project in 2023, the quilt featured in our exhibition ‘Always Been Here‘ the quilt then featured in a short exhibition in Scarborough Library.
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// The Theme! //
Scarborough’s Queer Future
How do you imagine Scarborough’s future? What places, people, animals, and creatures do you see as part of the landscape? What do you feel about being queer in Scarborough? What would you change about the town? What would you keep the same? What would you like to see more of? What part of our Scarboroian world do you relate to? Do you have any specific memories of places in Scarborough that relate to your queer identity? Does the sea inspire you?
The theme is entirely open, and we invite you to approach it as abstractly or literally as you prefer. We really don’t mind what design you put on your square, as long as it’s respectful and represents you!
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// Important stuff //
Your quilt needs to be 20cm squared for the quilt to be consistent. Click here to download a template! If your quilt patch is under or over 20cm squared, we might not be able to include your patch in our quilt! Quilted squares should be sewn at the edges to avoid fraying, enabling us to sew them together easily.
When you have finished your patch, send it to:
‘Crescent Arts, Woodend Creative Centre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2PW’ with your name!
There is no deadline to this activity; we see it as a living and ongoing project.
