The Invasive Queer Kudzu Project by Mary-Margot Ventura https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb Kudzu Project en-us 2021-11-04 20:31:35 UTC 2023-02-24 16:42:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Ways for you to contribute, make your own leaf. source: https://files.cargocollective.com/614278/Invasive_Workshop-Guide_4.pdf themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868430313 2021-11-04 20:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868430313 Aaron McIntosh, themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868759660 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

]]> 2021-11-05 00:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868759660 Quote from McIntosh about the project. themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868763045
"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

]]> 2021-11-05 00:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868763045 About the Kudzu plant and its significance to the project. themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868777635 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. ]]> 2021-11-05 01:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868777635 themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868780116 https://aaronmcintosh.com/home.html]]> 2021-11-05 01:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868780116 themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868781035 2021-11-05 01:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868781035 The Memorial Tree themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868783583 https://invasivequeerkudzu.com/Pulse-Memorial-Tree

]]> 2021-11-05 01:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868783583 Invasive, made in collaboration with Nick Clifford Simko themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868784370 https://invasivequeerkudzu.com/Invasive-Species

]]> 2021-11-05 01:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868784370 themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868804366 2021-11-05 01:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868804366 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL3e2rnTTZU&t=241s themythicalmary https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868806702 Here is a link to a lecture made by Aaron McIntosh describing his work. ]]> 2021-11-05 01:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/themythicalmary/o6yf9x1ruk5tx9qb/wish/1868806702