Tal Fitzpatrick - The Doctor of Craftivism [NX106]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Tal Fitzpatrick.

Tal is a socially engaged artist and craftivist whose quilts and textile projects blend creativity with activism.

We talk about her artistic journey from early influences, including her grandmother’s politically charged textile works, through to her PhD in craftivism as DIY citizenship. Tal shares stories of working in disaster recovery communities, how that shaped her understanding of art’s power, and the origins of major projects like the PM Please Quilt and the global Universal Declaration of Human Rights Quilt Project.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:30 – Crafting Public Conversations: The City Speaks

00:03:58 – Textiles and Feminism: A Soft Approach to Activism

00:06:50 – The Po ...