Vanessa Dion Fletcher introduces the audience to the art of quillwork and does an in-depth tour of how she uses this art form—presenting examples of her process, two-dimensional and performance. This presentation illuminates the space of language and communication from an anti ableist and decolonial perspective.
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Presenter
Vanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse Artist. Her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She Employs porcupine quills, Wampum belts, and menstrual blood reveals the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an indigenous and gendered body with a neurodiverse mind Dion Fletcher creates art using composite media, primarily working in performance, textiles and video.
