Quilting Bee
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Quilting Bee and Celebration: Wednesday May 21st, 4-7pm
We’ll collectively bind a quilt made of the fabric cyanotypes printed with artifacts of your care taking. Circled around the quilt as we craft, sewers may come in and out as they wish. All are welcome regardless of participation in cyanotype worksop or quilting. We will celebrate the often invisible labor of care takers in community, as well as the artists currently exhibited in Taking Care: Embrace with Tenderness: Adair Freeman Rutledge, Kamari Bright, Le’Ecia Farmer and Annie Marie Musselman.
Free drinks and snacks provided. REGISTRATION (using link above) is encouraged
Quilting materials provided, no experience necessary.
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Under the Same Moon - In becoming a mother, photographer Adair Freeman Rutledge was fascinated by the repetitive, almost Sisyphean tasks of care - the trimming of fingernails, the snipping of curls, the expressing of breast milk - that are often invisible. While in the postpartum period with her own children, Rutledge collected the byproducts of her days that would otherwise be discarded; using these artifacts to make cyanotypes, Prussian blue contact prints and one of the oldest photographic processes, she reimagines them as beautiful.
Adair Freeman Rutledge is a photographic artist based in Seattle, WA. Originally from Alabama, her photography work questions enduring traditions and underscores tensions between cultural practices and modern realities. Through a curious and feminist lens, she examines how American customs influence expectations for our youth, shape gender roles, and impact racial stereotypes. Adair’s photography has been commissioned by brands like Amazon, John Deere, Brooks Running, and Zillow. Her fine art work has been featured on NPR, Fraction Magazine, and Lenscratch, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Seattle Art Museum's Betty Bowen Award (finalist) and the 2024 Do Good Fund Fellowship. She has exhibited her work at institutions including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, and Blue Sky Gallery.
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