textured and tactile fibres through which to celebrate lesbian feminism, sexuality and kinship, Mitchell’s work creates a site of transformation, embodiment and power. This use of craft as a mode of subversion, resistance and worldbuilding can be contextualized within larger feminist legacies of craft. Many artists engaged in the second-wave feminist movement worked to exploit the longstanding relationship between craft and gender, using craft as a “weapon of resistance”. This was marked by the revolution of what became known as “fiber art”. Fiber artists recognized categories such as “soft art” or “soft sculpture” as modes through which to merge the divide between art and craft. Today, the practice of crafting has been taken up as an essential part of queer-feminist survival. This use of craft is evident in Mitchell’s work, in which she uses textiles as a means of worldmaking and the subversion of heteropatriarchal norms surrounding gender and sexuality. Collections Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario National Library and Archives, Ottawa, Ontario Trent University, Peterborough Ontario Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario References External links Allyson Mitchell's artist page Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects Living people Artists from Toronto York University alumni Canadian women artists Canadian sculptors Lesbian artists Canadian LGBT artists Canadian installation artists 21st-century LGBT people 1967 births