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Early in the morning of 18 April 2024, 22 members of the Northern Illinois Conference Anti-Racism Task Force, many of whom had participated in last year’s Civil…
In 2024, the NIC Anti-Racism Task Force is presenting an Arts and Culture Series to explore the unique art forms of different ethnicities. Quilts have played a significant role in American history and culture for centuries. Quilts are as unique as the people who create them.
As we journey together this year to embrace the rich diversity of music, art and history, the ARTF Series team invites you to participate in the making of an NIC Arts & Culture Quilt.
The submitters will complete and quilt individual blocks. The submissions can be from an NIC individual, church or organization. The squares are to represent their culture, community, history, or art. Makers are encouraged to incorporate a racial justice and equity theme, phrase, title of a song, etc. All are encouraged to submit squares, not just those with quilting knowledge. For example, a youth group could submit a drawing with fabric markers on a piece of quilter's cotton.
Individual squares will be assembled into a final quilt by Ida VanBoven, a volunteer quilting coordinator from First UMC in Elmhurst. She will be adding sashing, borders, binding, and a hanging pocket to the back.
The completed quilt will be hung in the Northern Illinois Conference Office and shared at the 2025 Annual Conference. A book will also be created with photos of the quilts and stories about the individual squares.
Register your interest in completing a square
Download the form to send with submissions
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