Events / Quilting Bee with Emily Johnson and Maggie Thompson

Quilting Bee with Emily Johnson and Maggie Thompson

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Come for a stitch and contribute to a large-scale volunteer quilting project designed by Makwa Studio textile artist Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe). Thompson’s 4,000-square-foot installation of 84 community-made quilts serve as a gathering place for audiences who attend Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars —a 15-hour all-night performance gathering and feast created by choreographer Emily Johnson (Yup’ik).

Photo courtesy of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ©PaulaCourt
Photo courtesy of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ©PaulaCourt
Photo courtesy of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ©PaulaCourt
Photo courtesy of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ©PaulaCourt
Photo courtesy of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ©PaulaCourt