ABOUT SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTISTS COLLECTIVE
Founded in August 2013 and Incorporated in December 2014 as a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization Chartered in the great State of Missouri, United States of America
Story Stitchers erase real and perceived divisions through cultural exploration and arts practice — by stitching together our city. Mission: To document Saint Louis through art and word to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships and literacy. Goal: To promote a better educated, more peaceful and caring region through storytelling. OUR STORY
Once upon a time there was a stitcher who liked to embroider stories from the newspaper. One day she was stitching about two sisters who were shot on their porch in University City. Two brothers were arrested for the crime. The stitcher reflected on the power of stitching throughout history; of the Aids quilt and quilts on the Underground Railroad. She determined to join with others to create change. In August 2013 eight artists gathered in Old North St. Louis and founded the Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective — to make change. Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective is professional artists and minority youth ages 16-24, working together to create social change with a focus on gun violence prevention. Stitchers collect stories, reframe and retell them through art, writing and performance to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships and literacy. Projects create a platform for community engagement through an artistic lens and with it the Saint Louis Story Stitchers work to shift perceptions and realities and bring hope to the Saint Louis community.
