Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections, 2015.196.39.4, Connecticut Historical S ...

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Flyer: Harvest Market

Date2011

MediumPaper

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections

CopyrightIn Copyright

Object number2015.196.39.4

DescriptionEphemera relating to the Sewing Circle Project

Flyer: Harvest Market, November 19, 2011 at the Hartford Farmers Markets. Members of the Sewing Circle sold their textile arts at this marketplace.

NotesSubject Note: The Sewing Circle Project began in 2007 as an initiative to encourage production and marketing of traditional crafts among the many immigrant and refugee communities in the Greater Hartford area and across the state. Initiated by the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program based at the Institute for Community Research (ICR) in Hartford and at the Connecticut Historical Society after 2015, the project supported the remarkable traditional arts of these newcomers. Members of the Sewing Circle met regularly at ICR and also at the Hartford Public Library to work on their art forms, learn new skills, and share coffee and conversation. This cooperative environment fostered social interaction among the artists and public audiences, respected and encouraged their cultural heritage and artistic traditions, stimulated literacy improvement, and helped to develop marketplaces for their artwork. CCHAP organized gatherings, exhibits, workshops, marketplace events, promotional materials, and educational activities for the group’s participants. While most of the artists experienced war, trauma, and dislocation, they continue to practice their cultural heritage and artistic traditions, blending these with current experiences and materials to create artwork that is both beautiful and functional.

Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.

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