Sewn Together
Celebrating Queer joy, vitality, & community through quilts.
Summer 2026
Joy is an act of Resistance.
-Toi Derricotte
Pride & Joy is a community art project celebrating Queer Joy, Vitality, and Community through the medium of collaborative art quilts.
We need YOU to help us bring this project to life!
We’re hosting free crafting events across Northern and Central VT all summer- check the calendar to find an event near you!
All ages and abilities welcome. No quilting or crafting experience is necessary to participate!
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Spread Joy
Every cent counts! Donate to the project to get a shout-out on our website and in the exhibition booklet.
Want to support the project another way? We are also in need of volunteers and materials! Check out our “support the project” page for more info.
Calling all hands!
Craft with us! We’re quilting across Northern and Central VT all summer- find an event near you to come out and make your mark.
All ages and abilities welcome. No quilting or crafting experience is necessary to participate!
Pride & Joy Events
5/22 & 23 — Jericho
Project kickoff w/ Riot Craft Studio
5/31 — Winooski
Crafting event w/ Elise Whittemore
6/2 — Winooski
Crafting event w/ Elise Whittemore
6/7 — Burlington
Crafting event w/ Harper Nichols
6/17 — Morrisville
Crafting event w/ Susan Smereka
6/20 — Burlington
Crafting event w/ Erin Bundock
6/26 — Montpelier
Crafting event w/ Talvi Ekis
7/10 — Waterbury
Crafting event w/ Andrew Dudka
7/19 — Weybridge
Crafting event w/ Eliza West
7/23 — Shelburne
Crafting event w/ Wylie Garcia
7/31 — Burlington
Crafting event w/ Dakin Fuller
8/16 — Barre
Crafting event w/ Charlie Adams
More events TBA
Meet The Artists
Pride & Joy is honored to be working with a team of talented local artists and designers to bring this quilt series to life. Each artist will design one of the quilts produced at the events- check the events calendar to see who’s quilt is coming up next!
Read more about them and their work:
Eliza West
Dakin Fuller
Harper Nichols
Charlie Adams
Susan Smereka
Talvi Ekis
Erin Bundock
Andrew Dudka
Elise Whittemore
Wylie Garcia
Quilt design concept by Talvi Ekis
About Pride & Joy
Pride & Joy is a collaborative art project celebrating Queer Joy, Vitality, and Community through the medium of art quilts.
We are commissioning quilt designs from local artists, then organizing a series of free crafting events across Northern and Central Vermont where community members will be invited to attend and contribute to the production of the quilts.
The event series will begin May 2026 and end with a quilt exhibition and fundraiser for Outright Vermont the weekend of September 11th.
Project Goals
Build community through collaborative crafting.
Foster connections between individual artists and community members.
Generate impactful art that addresses a cause.
Raise support, awareness, and $$ for Outright Vermont
Pride & Joy — Sewn Together
In recent years, we have watched Queer and Trans communities being targeted by anti-Queer rhetoric and legislation. It has been a betrayal and a backward slide, even as grassroots support for these groups continues to grow.
In this time of crisis, both Queer folks and allies alike need to be able to connect with one another, and have access to platforms where their voices can be heard. Pride & Joy aims to address this need the best way we know how- through arts and crafts!
Art is a powerful tool, and the impact of collaborative community art cannot be understated. Collaborative art not only allows people to release their own creative energy; it generates opportunities for people to connect with one another over a shared goal, while contributing to something larger than themselves. This relationship between art and artists is especially poignant in the form of quilts, as comfort objects with a rich history of collaboration.
On its surface, Pride & Joy aims to make art and drum up support for a cause, but our true goal is to build a community that will continue to connect beyond the scope of the project.
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