{"id":280,"date":"2016-05-03T19:51:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fashionpraxis.wordpress.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:56:51","slug":"draw-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/fashionpraxislab\/draw-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw The Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 2nd, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard the most important reproductive rights case in almost 25 years. The decision, likely to come down in June 2016, will determine whether Texas can shut down nearly all abortion care providers in the state and prevent 5.4 million women of reproductive age from accessing the healthcare they need. Using craft as activism, artist Chi Nguyen \u2014 in partnership with the Textile Arts Center<\/a> and the Center for Reproductive Rights \u2014 is holding a series of stitch-ins to make physical the number of women whose right to safe and legal abortion is currently at risk. With each line representing an individual woman, the 5.4 Million and Counting project is only finished when all 5.4 million lines are embroidered. <\/span><\/p>\n

The public is invited to Draw the Line by joining or hosting a stitch-ins, or by sending in their own 10\u00d710\u201d swatches with as many tally marks (\u534c) as they would like to embroider. All swatches will be patched onto a larger quilt to demonstrate the public\u2019s support for safe and legal abortion. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Fashion Praxis Lab will host a stitching session on Tuesday May 11th, 6:30-8:30pm<\/span>\u00a0at Room U503 (63 5th Ave, Manhattan- NY). Materials will be provided.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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If you cannot join the stitch-in session but would like to participate, please follow the directions below:<\/span><\/p>\n