Celebrating Queer Joy 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 these quilts to life! We’re hosting free crafting events all summer- check the calendar to find an event near you!
Pride & Joy
Events Calendar
Events Schedule TBA - 5/2026
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 4th.
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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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
Get Involved
Pride & Joy benefits from the help of many hands, minds, and hearts.
Let us know how you’d like to get involved with the project- we’d love to have you on board!
We are seeking moderately experienced crafters for quilt finishing work!
Come quilt with us & join the party 🏳️🌈