Crafting Herstory: Suffrage Banners (Virtual Event)

This program will be $10 per person, and we will cap registration at 30 participants. Register: https://bit.ly/SarahMarsom8-4-2020

Maryland Milestones is excited to welcome Heritage Resource Consultant Sarah Marsom for a virtual suffrage banner workshop! Learn about the iconography of the suffrage movement in America and create your own banner to pay homage to a woman of the past, reinterpret a historic banner, or advocate for women's rights today. After a short presentation on the history of women's rights, voting rights, and craftivism, focusing on the people, places, and iconography tied to historic suffrage banners, Sarah will guide participants through the creation of their own small banners out of felt or paper. (You can hand stitch your banner or use glue). Banners can pay homage to someone from the past, advocate for something you believe in today, or inspire and motivate you. Participants will be provided with a stencil pack to help inspire their creative expression.

Suggested materials: 3 or more sheets of felt or paper in different colors, scissors, needle, thread, glue.