Nicole Duprée
Nicole Duprée is a teaching artist and founder of Ampersand Textile & Design. As producer and host of Indigo in Green, Nicole explores plant magic and conducts art experiments revealing the wonder of natural materials. Current projects focus on sharing stories of plants, place, connection, and belonging through nature-based craft, video collage, and fiber art.
Awarded Grants
2024
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
In this multidisciplinary fiber arts and community gardening project, Ro Adler, Jackie Soro, and Nicole Dupree, a team of artists who steward Farm 51, a community and garden space, will work with indigo from seed to textile. They will grow indigo, extract pigment, start a fermentation vat, and host a day-long gathering with neighbors where they will share food, learn about indigo’s complex history, sing to the vat, and dye textiles, documenting and sharing the process widely through a PhillyCAM TV program. The team will also create learning resources for indigo projects in other green spaces and creative communities, in Philly and beyond.
