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Sima Elizabeth Shefrin
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August 8, 2022 (Creation)
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Oral History Interview with Sima Elizabeth Shefrin for the JMABC Artists Scribe. Interviewed by Brynn Gillies. Shefrin was born in Ottawa in 1949. . She is married to Bob Bossin, a Canadian folk musician, and they live together on Gabriola Island. She spent her youth part-time in Italy, surrounded by family fabric-workers and tailors. She describes how this informed her enthusiasm for fabric as a medium, and how she aims to convey stories through sewn projects. The name of Shefrin’s studio as well as her website is Stitching for Social Change, which she explains how she does fabric arts while integrating folk art tradition with activism, including feminism, anti-war sentiments, and reclamation of her Jewish heritage. Most notably, Shefrin tells the story of the Middle East Peace Quilt which aimed to discuss what peace would look like between Israel and Palestine with participants sending her quilt squares with their visions of peace from around the world. Shefrin also shares her exploration of comic and illustrative arts working on Jewish themed children's books and comics about her own life, including her husband's cancer diagnosis and life over the Covid pandemic.
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Interviewer: Brynn Gillies
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Place of interview: Vancouver, British Columbia (Remote Meeting)
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Birthdate: 23 April 1949
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Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
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- Visual arts » Textile and Fabric Arts
- Politics » Political Activism » Anti-War Activism
- Politics » Political Activism » Feminism
- Occupations » Visual Artists » Illustrators
- Occupations » Visual Artists
- Visual arts » Illustration » Comics
- Occupations » Performing artists » Musicians
- Judaism
- Occupations » Tailors