STITCHin' Milwaukee: an anthology of young Milwaukee artists (2011)
It wasn't until I went away to college that I learned one of the most valuable pieces of information I currently keep; if you don't see something in your community, grow it. This is how STITCH started and it is also how this very book has come to you, our lovely community member. I'm sure it’s one of the more basic ideas out there; if you need nourishment would you not find a way to it. And yet, it took me seventeen years and a family called First Wave to discover the understanding. Nobody should have to wait, and to be real we don’t all find paths to college. This is why I seek to serve where I come from.
STITCHin’ Milwaukee was made possible to print by a grant I applied for while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I applied for it so we, STITCH, would be able to gain access to more resources and so that we could craft ourselves more sustainable. This right here is Us gaining more resources. It is not easy or often that young people find ways to be heard. But this should by no means imply that we do not have something to say.
Here is something I hope feeds you.
Every piece within these pages is only a small reality of the brilliance that Young Milwaukee Artists have to offer. I know you may not think them small but you must know that there is more. We are many, we are hungry, and we have arrived.
Welcome.
-Alida Cardós Whaley
STITCHin’ Milwaukee was made possible to print by a grant I applied for while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I applied for it so we, STITCH, would be able to gain access to more resources and so that we could craft ourselves more sustainable. This right here is Us gaining more resources. It is not easy or often that young people find ways to be heard. But this should by no means imply that we do not have something to say.
Here is something I hope feeds you.
Every piece within these pages is only a small reality of the brilliance that Young Milwaukee Artists have to offer. I know you may not think them small but you must know that there is more. We are many, we are hungry, and we have arrived.
Welcome.
-Alida Cardós Whaley
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