Invasive: MICA

BROWN CENTER \ LEIDY ATRIUM 1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore INVASIVE is an art project, started by Queer Threads artist and MICA Fiber Department faculty member Aaron McIntosh, which seeks to document the lives of and raise visibility for the Southern LGBTQ community using the invasive kudzu vine as a charged symbol. The project will be traveling around the South for two years collecting stories of queer communities through hands-on workshops and by visits to special archives. Join us this VALENTINE'S DAY to celebrate love of all stripes! LGBTQ and allies alike across MICA and Baltimore are welcome to add their stories and messages of support to cloth kudzu leaves that will be quilted together. The resulting collaborative textile will serve as a symbol for strength and tenacity in the face of homophobic legislation and regional stereotypes that seek to deny queer histories in Southern culture.