Photographed by David Hunter Hale
Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship
2023
Nastassja Swift is a sculptural fiber artist, whose work exists figuratively in full or often fragmented forms that speak to geographical histories, womanhood, language and community. Swift’s needle felted portraits incorporate quilting, beading and other traditional and non-traditional materials morph into a form of storytelling that references the above themes. Swift’s research title “Hooded Figures: A History of Fashion and Power,”examines hoods across centuries, closely identifying the social and racial associations of the garment and how its symbolism has shifted over time. Using felting, quilting and beading, this research project will produce re-imagined images of Black subjects adorned in a hood.
Selected works
"Indigo Masks" from the Cleveland Youth Parade, photographed by David Hunter Hale
"Indigo Masks" from the Cleveland Youth Parade, photographed by David Hunter Hale
Photographed by David Hunter Hale
Film Still of Nastassja Swift positioning mask on one of the parade performers, Maxine McElrath, by Mckinley Wiley
"Indigo Masks" from the Cleveland Youth Parade, photographed by David Hunter Hale
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