Critical Constellations

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L Vinebaum

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L Vinebaum (they/them) is a Chicago-based (Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Odawa lands) scholar, artist, educator and activator. Their work sits at the intersections of textiles and politics. L is an Associate Professor of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the co-Vice President of the Textile Society of America. They hold a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London. www.lvinebaum.com instagram: @l_vinebaum

a cyanotype-like drawing of the first floor plan of the White House, with the lines unraveling like threads

Whitework Textiles, White Supremacy, and “Whitework” as a Call to Action

Through the critical work of contemporary artist Sonja Dahl, L Vinebaum makes visible the ideologies of race and colonialism encoded in historical white-on-white textiles and white supremacist quilts.

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