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DocuSign Envelope ID:883AB84D-78B1-4D41-BOEF-BE6A942205E0 <br /> In 2002, she began collaborating with Peg Gignoux, a textile artist. Together, they have <br /> produced more than a dozen Story Quilts. Wilde writes a story collaboratively with <br /> participants and Gignoux responded artistically with the same participants. In Story Quilt <br /> projects they twine two teaching artist residencies, extending the learning by connecting <br /> two art forms and increasing the depth of the experience for everyone involved. In 2007, <br /> Tell Me a Patch, a story quilt developed with patrons of Hemphill Public Library in <br /> Greensboro was transformed into a book and the artists saw this even more <br /> extraordinary arts experience, one that reached a wider audience. <br /> In 2010, Wilde and Gignoux were commissioned by the North Carolina Department of <br /> Instruction and North Carolina Art Museum to unite eight teams of teenagers across the <br /> state. These teens composed a story involving eight charter traits, resulting in the book <br /> What Can A Small Bird Be, a book that was given to every elementary and middle <br /> school library in the state of North Carolina. The book was picked up by districts who <br /> wanted more copies and it went into a second printing. <br /> In 2015, Wilde learned of another book project. Artists from the Frank Gallery in Chapel <br /> Hill, N.C. had been working with Karen refugee teens who had spent a year and a half <br /> drawing, painting and photographing at Transplanting Traditions, five acres of land <br /> where 30 Karen families farm. Wilde worked with photographer Dennis Szerszen and <br /> book designer Steve Godwin to realize the Karen Youth Art Projects' goal of completing <br /> a picture book. It is currently in the final phases of production. <br /> During this project Wilde's work with Godwin began to inspire the possibility of a picture <br /> book residency that included three art forms—writing, illustrating and book design. The <br /> PORCH project will be the first result of the collaboration between Gignoux, Godwin and <br /> Wilde. <br /> Susie Wilde-Artist Project Narrative-3 <br />