Quilt Project Press Conference, 2014.

MayWorks Windsor 2014+Quilt Project Launch

Please drop by for the Press Conference at Artcite, Thursday April 24, 1–2:30 pm, to launch the 2014 MayWorks Windsor Quilt project and kick off our month and a half of activities for MayWorks Windsor 2014; A Celebration of Labour, Arts, and Community

The MayWorks Quilt Committee has been hard at work to bring our third community quilt to life. Our theme,”The Work and the Workers, Time Stands Still” is a tribute to the Workers of the community as well as a physical representation of the fruits of labour, through teamwork and cooperation. The current crises facing workers, layoffs, job elimination, unfair wage disparities and dwindling opportunities for our youth entering the workforce, inspired us to look back at our history for clues and comfort.

Photos from the archive of The Windsor Community Museum are the basis for a crazy quilt block design, chosen for its creative opportunities and its popularity during the early nineteenth century. This quilt will be donated to The Windsor Community Museum and we hope to enhance their period décor.

volunteers have cut fabric made up 60 quilt packages, distributed them and then collected and assembled them for this collaborative project! The quilt will be carried in the May 1 May Day Parade and will hang at the Windsor Community Museum.

“MAYWORKS WINDSOR 2014” runs from April 25 – May 31, 2014. Lots more activities, all at http://www.artcite.ca/ mayworks