Exhibition: October 2 to October 23, 2009
Live and Silent Auction: October 24, 2009
Interurban Gallery, One East Hastings, Vancouver

The Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts
invites you to the Community Quilt Exhibition

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Fabric Arts

Fabric arts provide opportunities for everyone to participate in creating community using fabric as the medium. Connections are created through these collaborative artistic endeavors between different communities in the neighborhood. The foundation of the Fabric Arts program is quilting.

The Community Quilt

The Community Quilt, a project of the Fabric Arts Program, which began in May 2009, was inspired by the treasured Women’s Memorial Quilt. Residents, cultural groups, and community groups were invited to contribute a square for a community quilt or create a quilt with their group. The quilts are exhibited for the community to enjoy and then auctioned to raise money for the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts and the community groups who contributed.

Community Quilt Stories

Community quilting excites personal expression, connects people, and creates community. The Community Quilt project gave people from different communities with different life experiences the opportunity to learn an ancient craft, to create together in an open and encouraging environment, and to connect and come to know one another better in the process. Quilters had the opportunity to tell their story and talk about their work.

You are invited to explore the community quilt stories and add your own.