Founded in 2019 by Alabama Chanin founder and creative director Natalie Chanin, Project Threadways explores, studies, and records the history of textiles as material culture. Our mission is to understand the impact of textiles and their creation, from raw material to finished goods, on the...
Image captions: left: “African Burial Ground”, 2009; right: “Meanderings of an Imaginary River”, 2020 by Valerie S. Goodwin Valerie Goodwin is a mixed media fiber artist, architect, and educator whose fine art works are included in museums and private collections. She has received degrees in architecture...
Today, National Nonprofit Day, recognizes the efforts nonprofits and charities put into making an impact in their communities. In 2019, Natalie, CEO and creative director of Alabama Chanin, continued her commitment to textiles and community by founding Project Threadways. We are a nonprofit that records, studies,...
During the recent Project Threadways Symposium—a virtual event in partnership with Alabama Chanin, Project Threadways, and the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area—several presenters discussed the topic of indigo dyeing and processing, both historical and modern. As our partner, Alabama Chanin, moves forward with their Botanical...
Founded in 2019 as a 501(c)(3), Project Threadways records, studies, and explores the history of textiles. Through our work, we seek to understand the impact that textiles and their creation—from raw material to finished good—had on our local community, the region of the American south, the nation, and finally...
This story was originally posted on the Alabama Chanin Journal on June 10,2020.. The fabric tells a story. In the careful stitches, the colors, the pieces, a narrative takes shape. The blue water, the bright sun overhead, the American flag. In the center, a black fist holds a...