RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop : First 2 Finished Frames & Website Launch

The website for my RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop is up. Frame 7 by Jess Bernhart (above) and Frame 20 by Nathan Sharratt (below) are the first two frames to be completed.  33 more to go!

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Stitch 'N' Bitch!

Mary's is hosting a Stitch 'n' Bitch for the RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop. Come check out the amazing work and get a peek at the process.

Olisa Corcoran's frame is coming along nicely! Thanks to Ben Cheaves for putting together the flyer and for helping organize the event.

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop - WonderRoot Sessions

The are photos of the RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop from our time at WonderRoot.  We met over 4 Wednesday nights to learn cross stitch, view experimental animation, celebrate local drag, and discuss GIF culture.

Participating artists include:
Kimberly Binns, Romy Aura Maloon, Maggie Ginestra, Kaitlin Commiskey, Elizabeth Yates, Christa Tinsley Spaht, Jess Bernhart, Brooke Hatfield, Andre Keichian, Clay Butterworth, Olisa Corcoran, Tricia Hersey-Patrick, Katherine Bernhart, Sally Hansell, Sarah Durning, Rachel Burnstein, Genevieve Leavitt, Jared Dawson, Taryn Kelly, Nathan Sharratt, Adrienne Lowe, Nathaniel Smith, Ashley Anderson, Steve Sauer, Chris Seely, Sarah Martha Shipman, Jane Garver, Amy Salley, Lauren Cunningham, Mike Stasny, Lauren McDonald, Kate Doubler, Christina León, Ben Cheaves, and Drew Watts.

The workshop featured drag performances by:
Kryean Kally, Xee Xee Bow Dong, Justice Tyana Taylor, Lavonia Elberton, Cayenne Rouge, Violet Chachki (pictured above), & Ellisorous Rex.

EAV - Block Party Bikes

Living Walls put together an amazing block party this past weekend in East Atlanta Village.  Knitterati and GSU's Fiber, Fabric & Form students installed a fleet of bikes throughout the neighborhood as part of the event.  I made sure to get there as soon as possible.

Cicuta Virosa

My piece for tonight's Poisons & Antidotes: Tee Shirt Launch and Art Show.

Art Papers 14th Annual Art Auction

Art Papers 14th Annual Art Auction is Saturday night.  Creative Loafing featured my piece in their preview of the event.

Temporary Art Review : Atlanta's Art Drag

Take a look at this discussion that I helped Maggie Ginestra put together for Temporary Art Review.

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RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop

Upcoming workshop! If you're local to ATL please consider signing up!
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During February and March, embroidery artist Aubrey Longley-Cook will lead a 4-week cross stitch workshop hosted by WonderRoot and Barbara Archer Gallery. Participants will learn the basics of cross stitch embroidery, while working together to create an embroidered animation of RuPaul from footage of “Supermodel,” a song and video that RuPaul released in 1992. Along with an introduction to the basics of cross stitch and contemporary embroidery, the workshop will include guest drag appearances, screenings of experimental animations, and discussions of web art and GIF culture.

Each participant will be assigned an individual template based on footage from the video and will be responsible for the creation of one of the cross stitch frames. The group will work together to choose a color palette for the frames. The embroideries will animate and loop when composited together. There will be two animations created from the project. One will document the front view of the frames and one of the back.

The frames along with the animations will be displayed as part of Longley-Cook's upcoming show Serving Face.  The embroideries will be framed for the show, and all participating artists will be credited for their work. The frames will be returned to the participants after the show.

Workshop Hours: February 20th, February 27th, March 6th, and March 13th from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

All materials will be provided. No cross stitch experience required. Register here.

This project is supported in part through an investment from Idea Capital, a community-based pool of funds created by and for the Atlanta arts community.

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Idea Capital

I'm proud to announce that I'm a recipient of an Idea Capital grant for my upcoming show at the Barbara Archer Gallery.

Cornbread Fed

This is my submission for the upcoming Art Papers Auction.

The Atlantan

Sweet note in this month's issue of the Atlantan.

Mr. X Stitch Interview

I'm honored to have been interviewed as this month's eMbroidery artist on Mr. X Stitch.

For Horses

Grandma Emma

My Grandma Emma crocheted these hangers for my siblings and me. We've all held on to them.

Atlanta Magazine : The Southern Issue : Process

Atlanta Magazine : The Southern Issue

Hot off the presses! Hits stands on the 29th.

Rebel Yell

This piece has been selected to be part of The Imaginary Million.

Jean Ray Laury

I found Quilts & Coverlets A Contemporary Approach by Jean Ray Laury in a dumpster last week in Candler Park in Atlanta, GA.  It was a great find and it's well worth a read.  I especially respond to her "Therese Quilt."

This photo was tucked into the book.

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