Jubilee Crafts and Storytime! : Stitched Stories Summer Workshop

Jubilee Crafts and Storytime! : Stitched Stories Summer Workshop

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Discover how artists have used fabric, quilting, and textile traditions to preserve stories, culture, and identity across generations. Stitched Stories is a summer storytime + art workshop series hosted by Miss Lily, exploring memory keeping, family traditions, and the rich history of Black narrative textiles through storytelling and hands-on crafts labs inspired by the artists: Harriet Powers, The Gee's Bend Quilters, Faith Ringgold, Yinka Shonibare, Tschabalala Self, and Bisa Butler. Children will discover how artists have used fabric, quilting, and textile traditions to preserve stories, culture, and identity across generations while creating their own textile-inspired works. Jubilee Crafts is grateful to be supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture! South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 South Fitzhugh Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75210 Multi Arts Room B Morning sessions start at 11 AM! Workshop Schedule: WEEK ONE July 8 Harriet Powers Book: Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers’ Journey from Slave to Artist Craft: Pictorial Story Quilt Panel Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will discover how Harriet Powers recorded history through stitched imagery. They will design their own quilt square illustrating a fairy or folk tale. July 9 Gee’s Bend Quilters Book: Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt Craft: Family Legacy Patchwork Quilt Square Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will explore how quilts preserve family history and community memory. They will create geometric patchwork-inspired squares representing home, belonging, and family traditions. July 10 Faith Ringgold Books: Faith Ringgold: Narrating Life with Pattern and Color and Tar Beach Craft: Summer Memory Quilt Collage Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will imagine a memory, dream, or place of freedom and transform it into a quilt-inspired storytelling collage. WEEK TWO July 22 Yinka Shonibare Short Video: Becoming an Artist: Yinka Shonibare | Tate Kids Book: Anansi and the Talking Cloth by Caroline Brewer Craft: Story Cloth Puppet Collage Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will explore African storytelling traditions and vibrant textile symbolism. Creating characters like Yinka by designing patterned Anakara cloth figures inspired by folktales, movement, and imagination. July 23 Tschabalala Self Book: Dream Street Craft: Fabric Portrait Collage Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will explore self-expression through portraiture, using layered fabrics and mixed materials to create expressive portraits inspired by their identity and personal style. July 24 Bisa Butler Books: Mae Makes a Way and Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Craft: Feathered Hat Felt Portrait Piece Storytime + Craft Outcome: Children will learn how portraiture can celebrate boldness and self-determination. Inspired by Bisa Butler’s layered textile portrait " I Know why the Caged Bird Sings", they will create decorated felt hats symbolizing confidence, creativity, and personal power. [Eventbrite tags: Children & Youth , Family & Education, Other, Summerworkshop, arts_and_crafts, kids_activities, dallas_events, jubileecrafts]