Neon Stitch Club

by Tarley Jordan

Where the ancient art of embroidery and the energy of neon collide.

Meet Tarley

Portrait by Olivia El Sadr Davis.
Animation by Clare Gemima

Tarley went to one embroidery class in March 2020, before the world went into various stages of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What began as a curiosity has now become a hive for creativity and the #NeonStitchClub.

Latest Work

Neon Stitch Club by Tarley Underwear/Why — **Underwear/Why**

Created for Underwoven Stories: The Final Chapter group exhibit, this piece explores the relationship women have with their inner selves through the lingerie they do, and do not put on their body. In this work there are themes of body image, self-confidence, desire and feminism, through this lens of lingerie.

Floral hand embroidery art botanical tarley jordan neon stitch club — **Flowers & Books**

An experiment with new materials and stitching techniques.

Neon Stitch Club by Tarley embroidery of a Miami art deco streetscape in pastel colors — **Miami Art Deco Streetscape**

Pastel colors and hand embroidery bring to life Miami’s art deco-style architecture.

Grant Juries

I have been invited to be panelist on the following grants. Panelists or jurors, are an integral part of the grant process and are comprised of artists, cultural workers, educators, curators and community leaders who are invested in this community.

2024 GO Queens Grant
Funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation and awarded by Flushing Town Hall, this program will fund 25 Queens-based arts and culture nonprofit organizations with annual operating budgets under $250,000. Each organization will receive a $10,000 grant for their general operating budgets to help sustain and promote further growth as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19.

2023 Arts Grants for Queens - Artists
Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and awarded by Flushing Town Hall, this program will fund 15 individual artists that live in Queens to produce arts and culture projects to be presented in the borough to enrich and enliven the community. Each artist will receive a $2,500 grant to produce a project with a community engagement component. This grant highlights the role of artists as important members of the community with the ability to enhance the cultural climate where they live and work.

2023 Queens Arts Fund - New Work Grant
Funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund, and the City Council; and was awarded by New York Foundation for the Arts. The New Work Grant offers $3,000 for emerging individual artists and artist collectives of all artistic disciplines in their creation of new work. “New Work” is defined as work that has not been produced or presented to an audience before.

Exhibitions

GROUP

Interwoven Stories: The Final Chapter, The Arts Council of Princeton
June 4-July 11, 2022

Press

Where to Find Australian Gifts in the USA

The team at America Josh included the Neon Stitch Club in a guide on where to find the best Australian-themed gifts made by Aussies in the USA. We are in some seriously elite company. Read more here

My Pandemic Side Hustle Panel
with Australian Women in New York

Amongst the highs and lows of 2020, I started this embroidery art business @neonstitchclub! I was invited by Australian Women in New York to share my story. Watch the discussion between these five Aussie women who are full of grit, determination and tenacity. A huge shout out to my fellow panelists: Shweta from @gertrude_nyc, @ameliachappelow from Tough Love Podcast, Jennifer from @scentandsprout and @meggiepalmer from @peptalkher. If you have burning questions about taking a hobby and making it a cash-generating hustle or bonafide business, tune in!