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Phoenix artist Ann Morton has made a career of upending and exploiting traditional fiber art techniques.She’s made quilting and crochet and other textile arts — normally thought of as quiet hobbies belonging to our grandmothers’ generation — into radical statements of equality and perseverance.

Valley artist Ann Mortons Phoenix Art Museum installation, "Violet Protest" has been sent to each member of Congress in hopes of ending partisanship.

Valley artist Ann Mortons former Phoenix Art Museum installation, "Violet Protest" has been sent to each member of Congress to spread hopes of unity.

Ann Morton is pushing back against political polarization by asking Americans to contribute textiles that are equal parts red and blue.

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/ In a divisive year in American history, Arizona artist Ann Morton has led a decidedly nonradical "Violet Protest." "That combination of red and blue on the color wheel is violet," Morton said. "And what I like about that word, its one letter away from violent." Ann Morton put out a call on social media in January 2020, asking people to create 8 inch by 8 inch textile squares that use equal parts red and blue. They could be woven, sewn, knitted, crocheted, embroidered — but they aren...

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Two days each week Ann Morton sits in a chair knitting between three American flags that hang in the lower level of Phoenix Art Museum. A trace of daylight streams through a single window in the room with only the sound of footsteps echoing off the concrete gallery floor. For months she’s sat there, armed with two knitting needles and pieces of red and blue thread, creating her latest social statement. Thousands of handmade red and blue squares hang behind her blending together as one. Mor...

Last spring, The Show covered the Violet Protest project, which aimed to enlist makers from across the country to produce textile squares that were equal parts red and blue. The makers are asked to not advocate for or against a specific political agenda, but rather to demonstrate commitment to a set of core values: compassion, creativity, candor, country over party or