Tonight I am writing to you from Geneva Switzerland, where I am participating in a quilt exhibit called “Water Is Life”, sponsored by the US Mission to the United Nations here. I volunteered to help install the exhibit, so I have had quite a lesson on how to hang a show while following all the rules and security protocols of working in the UN!
If you have never had the experience of installing a show, I highly recommend trying it at least once! It really makes you think about your work in a different way, and it especially makes you appreciate the tireless volunteers who work so hard to make our quilts look great!
The exhibit is about the importance of Clean Water in the lives of children and women around the world, and I congratulate the other artists whose work was accepted to hang in this prestigious venue. The quilts will travel to the US later this year, so I will let you know when it comes to tour in other cities.
The private opening reception is Tuesday, and it is hanging in a historic (huge!) hall where visiting dignitaries pass back and forth all day long. It was gratifying to see so many journalists come to a sudden stop, to look at the exhibit. It was very special to speak to those who stopped in front of my piece, and discuss the topic of the art work.
Every quilt I make has to have a purpose beyond just hanging in a show and looking pretty. My quilt tells the story of the poisoning of the Animas River in Colorado from the Gold King Mine, and how it flows to so many communities downstream. Since I made the quilt, stories about water problems have come to the forefront, so I hope my quilt and the others in this exhibit, will continue the dialog about precious clean water, wherever they travel.
Many thanks to those of you who have contributed to Sophie’s fundraising efforts in the last week, and I am sending a special hug to those of you who donated in memory of someone lost to cancer.
Sophie has now raised over $2600 and is still fundraising, in honor of her 6 year old cousin who has had a relapse of cancer. Sophie was incredibly brave and had all her hair shaved off on Wednesday, at a St. Baldrick’s Day fundraiser event. The money raised goes toward research to find a cure for children’s cancer.
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