Live Virtual Lecture: Threads of Life

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Please read before registering: This registration is ONLY to attend the LIVE virtual lecture that will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2025 1PM Eastern. This registration will not give you access to the recording of this lecture. Registration for the live lecture only gives you access to the live lecture on the day and at the time it happens. A few days after the live lecture takes place, we open registration for the recorded version. Registration for the live lecture and for the recorded lecture happens separately at a price of $5 each to ensure the talented lecturers receive proper compensation.

Based on her book, Threads of Life: A History of the World through the Eye of a Needle, Clare Hunter will explore the emotional, social, political, and therapeutic significance of sewing across centuries and cultures, unearthing the neglected stories of those who have used a needle and thread to celebrate, commemorate and document their lives and the lives of others.

“Fabric and thread can convey a prayer, trace out a map, proclaim a manifesto, send out a warning, bestow a blessing, celebrate a culture and commemorate lives lived and lost. Lives expressed not just through images but through texture and colour, different kinds of stitches, the various processes of piecing, patching, recycling, quilting to more clearly articulate the different layers of our humanity and manifest the fabric of our lives. Sewing is a way to mark our experience on cloth; patterning our place in the world, voicing our identity, sharing something of ourselves with others and leaving the indelible evidence of our presence in stitches held fast by our touch.” Clare Hunter, Threads of Life.

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Please note: Virtual Lecture registrations are non-refundable. Registration for the live lecture and for the recording happen separately and are not transferable.