APARTOGETHER

Many of you may already know of Liza Lou — an artist I have admired for many years. From 1991 to 1996 she created a life size beaded KITCHEN that is presently exhibited at the Whitney Museum. I encourage everyone to see it in person when this Coronavirus pandemic leaves our doorstep.

Today, in response to the “Shelter In Place” mandate all of us are experiencing, Lisa began a project called #apartogether_art as a means to allow those who is are stitching a way to share their projects with one another through Instagram.

I had been working on large scale pieces embedded with “dark” messaging, and was finding it hard to keep working on them during this COVID19 period. Upon hearing of this project, I felt it would be a terrific jumping off point to do work that could be smaller, perhaps happier, and certainly quicker, offering me the perfect get-a-way from my own head space..

Therefore, during the month of April my plan is to sew one or two small story squares everyday using leftover scrapes of fabric from previous projects.. Thank you to Liza Lou for helping me discover a substantive space to find comfort during this difficult time.