free cosplay weblecture March 11
Textile Talks is doing a lecture on cosplay! Free! Over zoom!
"The History of Cosplay as Textile Art hosted by SAQA. Join us March 11, from 2:00-3:00 PM EDT (GMT/UTC -4) for the next Textile Talk!"
"Discover how cosplay has evolved from fan passion to a vibrant form of textile art. Beyond the stitches and seams, cosplay is a deeply communal practice, one rooted in collaboration, skill-sharing, and creative expression. This talk traces its creative history and celebrates the makers, stitchers, and dreamers who transform fabric into shared stories and build global communities that preserve textile art along the way."
Info and registration here care of Quilt Alliance
(I would have linked the host Studio Art Quit Alliance but they don't update their website mrgr grgr)
[Excited explanation] A group of textile arts museums and organizations have been hosting weekly lectures, free, over zoom, they are delicious and human and range from "You're still muted" to Harvey Fierstein and his wall quilts, from Japanese mending to Michigan undergarment worker unionization, from the oldest Black quilting guild in the US to Mongolian felting traditions.
Not an organizer, just an excited regular.
