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Aaron McIntosh is the main artist and leader of this project. He was born in 1984 and grew up in Kingsport, TN, in the east Appalachian foothills and is a fourth generation quilter.

https://invasivequeerkudzu.com/About
https://www.tntech.edu/news/releases/19-20/artist-talk-with-aaron-mcintosh-set-for-sept-24.php

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Here is a link to a lecture made by Aaron McIntosh describing his work.

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Southern Studies Conference at AUM - "From Poor Soil: Invasive Queer Kudzu"

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Invasive, made in collaboration with Nick Clifford Simko

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Invasive, made in collaboration with Nick Clifford Simko

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https://invasivequeerkudzu.com/Invasive-Species

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https://invasivequeerkudzu.com/Pulse-Memorial-Tree

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https://aaronmcintosh.com/home.html

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About the Kudzu plant and its significance to the project. 

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About the Kudzu plant and its significance to the project. 

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The Kudzu is an invasive plant species that grows so rapidly that it can grow up to a foot a day. The species is in the southern regions of the USA and has invaded lots of native plant life. Aaron made the connection between how the Queer community is viewed in the south as "Invasive" like the Kudzu plant. This inspired him create this project to spread awareness for the Queer community.

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"Four years ago, when fiber artist Aaron McIntosh was working in his grandmother’s garden, he had an insight. As his grandmother lay dying in southern Virginia near the West Virginia border, McIntosh realized that the weeds he was pulling were a lot like queer people – native plants that, for whatever reason, are not wanted. Weeds, he decided, “are a pretty potent metaphor for how I think a lot of queer people are viewed.”"
https://www.craftcouncil.org/post/aaron-mcintosh-invasive-queer-kudzu

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Aaron McIntosh's "Invasive Queer Kudzu" | American Craft Council

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The fiber artist's "Invasive Queer Kudzu" show reflects on the Southern LGBTQ experience.