In this week’s episode, I’m speaking with Indigo Farmer, Textile Artist & Dressmaker Leigh Magar. Leigh’s textile design studio Madame Magar is inspired by art, nature, folkways, and history. Her studio embraces a seed to stitch design philosophy that explores the history, a rich yet tangled past of place; while living and working on a former indigo plantation in Charleston SC.  

Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-127

127: Historic Wild Indigo on Johns Island South Carolina with Leigh Magar

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In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with adé Oh (they/themme/àjé) an afro surrealist, animist, and multimedia healing artist. Their creative fire is nourished by earth-based textile crafts, sound arts, experimental and abstract visual arts, nature writing, poetry, capoeira Angola, good food and healing herbs, river time, belly laughter, money, healthy relationships, and peaceful rest. They are a returning generation slow craft artisan and in 2014, made a lifelong commitment to cloth and tapestry weaving. In 2020, they founded dièdiè textile farm and production studio which is currently incubating on collective land Tierra Negra farms. They work with land and sky to grow and process plant-based fibers and dyes for the people. At Gist, we are lucky to support them as one of our artists in residence of 2022 and as a guest on the podcast this week.

Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-147

147: It's Not About Perfection But Expression with adé Oh

In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Sobia Ahmad, an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores how our deeply intimate struggles of belonging can inform larger conversations about migration, the tenuous notions of home, personal memory, and cultural porosity. While exploring her ancestral knowledge, Sobia reimagines craft rituals and intergenerational storytelling as acts of liberation. 

Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-146

146: Exploring Ancestry Through Art With Sobia Ahmad

In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with one of our artists in residence Kesiena Onosigho. Kesiena's thought-provoking mixed-media collages and installations are informed by her lived experiences, curiosity, and the historic influence on arts & crafts from people within the African Diaspora.

Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-145

145: Weaving Skies with Kesiena Onosigho

In this week's conversation, ​LaChaun is switching roles to ​be interviewed by Michelle Brooks of The Stitchering Shop. ​You may remember Michelle from episode 110 where ​she talked about her practice of creating custom textile art pieces using a variety of fiber techniques such as tufting, embroidery stitching, and weaving. ​In this week's episode, LaChaun gives an update on her fiber and farming journey as well as some insights into her experiences in fiber and how they relate to Michelle's experiences as well.

Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-144

144: New Farm and Fiber Beginnings with Michelle Brooks and LaChaun Moore

Our WEAVE Artist in Residency program is a 12-week long remote residency that aims to support weavers and fiber enthusiasts who engage in community-based fiber practices. Each participant will receive a $1,500.00 cash stipend to use with no restrictions, and a $1,500.00 materials budget to shop for materials on the Gist Yarn website. We will select three Artists in Residence in 2022. 

Shownotes: www.gistyarn.com/artist-residency-2022

Residency Application: https://forms.gle/dfAcFhuPpJ1uL3X29

127: Historic Wild Indigo on Johns Island South Carolina with Leigh Magar

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