My name is Anida Yoeu Ali and I am a performance and installation artist who is raising funds to complete the final collection of The Red Chador series. I am a Muslim woman of mixed Malay, Cham, Khmer, and Thai ancestries whose fabric-focused art honors my ancestors’ migration across Southeast Asia.

After 11 years working on The Red Chador series, I’ve managed to create 66 total chadors, self-funding the collection on my own. I need funding for the final 33 chadors and I can no longer do this by myself. The current collection includes iridescent, sequined, celebratory, and floral patterns sourced from the open-air markets of Phnom Penh and Bangkok, including a set of 14 chadors made with donated fabrics from The Jim Thompson Art Center. In this final batch, I would like to use Khmer silks, Indonesian Ikat, Malay batik and other luxurious textiles that I can source in Southeast Asia.

Please help my team and I complete the collection. Be part of the joy. There is absolutely no reason for covered Muslim women to be represented exclusively as oppressed, submissive, dangerous and lacking any joy or humanity.

I will be putting more info out in the next week but wanted to get this fundraiser campaign launched as I bring the series to the SF Art Fair (4/16-4/19).

Please note your donations here are tax exempt as I have a fiscal sponsor with the organization Build Justly (led by Vicky Tamaru). Build Justly is a 501(c)(3) that works together with a community of partner organizations to empower the building of our country’s full economic potential through equitable technology.