Comforter Art Action is a collective action artwork that produces patchwork blankets through social groups and networks. The completed blankets are passed through a chain of relations to shelters and NGOs to people who are experiencing displacement. This website holds a record of the blankets, including their fabricaiton, transit and expected destination.
Since 2001, over 100 Comforter Art Action blankets have been completed and have gone into circulation in Vancouver, Canada and throughout the world. Over 200 people have been involved: through mailing and making textile art patches, by sewing squares together, by donating fabric, and by knotting the squares together.
A special thank you goes out to Moberly Arts & Culture Centre in Vancouver who supports this project by providing meeting space and storage of the Comforter Art Action fabric stash.
Click on a blanket's number in The Blanket Roll (left column) to learn a little about each blanket's social story.
Comforter Art Action blankets are a composite of many people’s creativity and care. Their social life is both an artwork and a necessity.