Suture: A Migrant Quilt Project Exhibition
In 2022, over 800 migrants died on the U.S.-Mexico border. Longstanding discriminatory U.S. border policy and racist rhetoric dehumanizes people who attempt a crossing. Through stitching the names of people who have lost their lives along the border, the Migrant Quilt Project steadfastly acknowledges the humanity of migrants. Quilts in the exhibition are separated by year, with each quilt made out of materials left at migrant lay-up sites. The Suture Exhibition explores quilts on loan from the Arizona History Museum: Migrant Quilt Collection. The exhibit is open to the public in the Dahl Memorial Union Art Gallery through May 21, 2023. The quilts will travel to other Iowa museums over the coming year.
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