In June, artists unfurled a monumental quilt in support of Gaza on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Informed by the legacy of quilting as a form of collective resistance, like the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, the fabric squares that make up “From Occupation to Liberation” were created by individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life mobilized by a common obligation: making visible to the world the insurmountable loss of Palestine civilians under Israel’s ongoing attacks and occupation. Hyperallergic
Each of the 69 squares is being sold as a print to directly support a family trying to flee Gaza.
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