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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, it s 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 t supposed to represent any explicit political positions. Instead, the squares and the project as a whole stand for a set of values: respect for the other, citizenship, compromise, country over party and corporate influence, courage, candor, compassion and creativity.