There are a number of ways to connect / be involved:
Dharma Field #3 at the Billings Museum and Farm
This June 27 – Sept 8, Dharma Field #3 is on display at the Billings Museum and Farm Vermont Quilt Sampler exhibit in Woodstock, VT. Hope to see you there!
Prison Quilt Project
Come contribute stitches to this community quilt! From September 2025 to April 2026, incarcerated participants at the Southern State Correctional Facility (SSCF) in Springfield, VT designed, pieced, and painted a quilt on the themes of incarceration, transformation, redemption, resilience, and community connection. The incarcerated quilters are: JA, DC, DF, QG, FN, JO and TR. .The resulting piece, Fractured, Not Broken, will be exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center from Sept 9 – Nov 1, 2026.
The Prison Quilt Project’s goal was to provide a space for incarcerated Vermonters to reflect on and share their experience of incarceration, while also tapping into the healing and transformational power of telling their stories through art. As the project developed, it became important to expand the project to include the hands of the community that will welcome these incarcerated individuals home.
Throughout the summer of 2026, the Brattleboro community is invited to contribute stitches to the quilt, turning it into a talking piece for dialogue between community members inside and outside prison walls. For details on where / when to contribute stitches, visit Interaction.
Rakusu Flag Project
The Rakusu Flag is a meditation on the meaning of citizenship. The flag will be composed of 195 individual rakusu faces hand-stitched from jeans worn by community members & neighbors.
If you are a south-eastern Vermonter and feel called to contribute a pair of black or blue jeans to this project, please email me at mariepierrepyart@gmail.com. Heavily worn jeans and holes are most welcome.
Donate worn out quilts & fabrics
Quilts are so much more beautiful and potent to me when made from fabric already worn or treasured by family, friends, and community. I would be so grateful to receive your old, no longer wanted textiles and give them new life. Please don’t forget to include your name if you want the fabrics acknowledged when they show up in my work. I also warmly welcome the stories behind them.
Want to chat? Send me an email:
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