HOW TO DANCE IN A QUILT with performance-quilter Leslie Rogers

Leslie Rogers is an unpinnable butterfly of a human. Her creative practice flits from quilts to performance to garment-making to puppetry. She’s a deeply thoughtful artist whose often whimsical or jarring pieces are underpinned by hours of historical research. Leslie and I met at Penland, and if her name sounds familiar, it’s because she came up in my conversation recently with Paolo Arao. That episode, HOW TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER is a treat in and of itself and I’d encourage you to give that one a listen too. In this conversation, Leslie and I discuss: ①how to set fire to quilts without burning them up ② how to make quilts float on water, the old-fashioned way③ the nonhierarchical thingness of thingsWHY LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE?Leslie Rogers merges quilts with performance, breathing life into textiles and exploring profound historical and social narratives that create rich story-telling that often belies a whimsical appearanceSEAMSIDE EXTRAS: Get more out of this episode! Find free resources like images, reflection questions, and more, all at the website below: https://www.zakfoster.com/seamside/leslie/HELPFUL RESOURCES→ Join the QUILTY NOOK: A Curious (and Sometimes Feral) Online Textile Community https://nook.zakfoster.com/→ Top Ten SEAMSIDE Episodes Guide https://gift.zakfoster.com/pzp→ Weekly Email Goodies from Zak https://nook.zakfoster.com/newsletter/→ Visit Zak’s website https://www.zakfoster.com/→ Follow Zak on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/zakfoster.quilts