First I want to clarify – this is not a political post but a post about a secret dream of mine being realized – to have a piece of my art shown in New York City.
The art piece, Seeds (2017), inspired by a Mexican proverb, could be considered political as it is a banner from the Women’s March. But let’s put all this aside and let me share this moment with my blogging community, no matter what your political views.
Seeds is showing as part of the exhibit Still They Persist from the FemFour at the LMAKgallery on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York City from October 17, 2018 – November 3, 2018.
I’ve briefly discussed this piece two other posts: The Library Stack and a Little Craftivism and Seeds.
The exhibit called Still They Persist: Protest Art of the 2017 Women’s Marches has been traveling nationally and my piece has made its way around the country. My piece is also featured in a book about the exhibit by the same title.
What I did not realize until today, when I discovered it on social media, is that the exhibit had opened in New York City!
I am originally from New York and for me as a native New Yorker (well semi-native, I was actually born in Pittsburgh, PA) it seems that one of the ultimate achievement as an artist would be to show a piece in a major city such as New York City (or Paris, or London, or Tokyo, or Melbourne, etc.).
Although my piece of art is a banner I made for a protest march, I am going to embrace this moment as a realization of a secret dream!
Below is my piece in the center in a promotional photo of the exhibit on the LMAKgallery’s facebook page.
Thanks for sharing this moment with me!
Postscript
This is a quick follow-up to the 10/12/18 post Impromptu Quilt Gifting. My colleague’s daughter received the quilt earlier this week and she sent me a picture of her daughter snuggled under the quilt.
The best thing is my colleague stated “The quilt is amazing, she has been sleeping with it since it arrived!” I cannot put into words how happy I am that a quilt I made will keep a child warm and cozy during her ongoing hospitalizations.
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