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Collaborative Project Description
Collaborative Project Description
“Collaboration is two or more people or entities working together to achieve a goal.”
Fiberforum was invited to be included in a show to be held in 2024 at the Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, Ohio, addressing "Why Do We Vote." Our members create both individual and collaborative works. For this project, our first challenge was that each person has their own reasons to vote. How do we take our individual ideas and translate them into art that represents “Why Do We Vote”? Do we create a singular piece of art that we all work on as a group? Or do we each create separate pieces that can work together as a whole? After determining that our group piece would consist of nine different units, we then had to work through our various opinions on matters such as size, color, and how the finished piece should be hung.
In the end, we joined our various voices through open communication and compromise to create an artwork by Fiberforum members that represents our individual viewpoints. It makes us wonder, why are we as a country so reluctant to compromise and collaborate?
Each piece is approximately 11x15." (Completed in 2024.)
Ruth Carpenter
"Global Warming / Fire, Wind and Rain"
Fabric; quilting
Global warming should be the concern of all people, since it will affect all of us now, and for generations to come.
Deborah Bewley
"Vote to Stop Hate"
Handmade paper, plastic screening, printed cork, paint: assemblage
Hate is at the root all wars and evil in the world.
Linda Dove
“Protect Democracy and Our Freedoms”
Fabric; collage
“To not vote is to give up. I vote because I can.”
Gerry Brock
"Humane Immigration Reform"
Handmade paper, mixed media
Government reform and action is needed to ensure fair and humane treatment of immigrants.
Judy Kahle
"My Vote is Equal"
Mixed media
My vote is equal to the vote of the loudest bully.
Sharon Hammer Baker
"Every vote counts ... and I just might be the one."
Linen; hand stitching
The stitches in this piece represent the varied ideas and opinions of each individual as we make voting choices. The varying sizes and colors – red, blue, purple – reflect how some people choose to either keep their choices quiet or flaunt them, but every vote counts just once, and mine might be the one to decide an important issue.
Susan Krueger
"Right to Live"
Cotton, fabric paint; hand embroidery, hand quilting
This work represents my concern about easy access to assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Frances S. Parry
"Working collectively, we preserve our safety, and a voice in our destiny"
Cotton, botanical print on silk organza, found objects; hand stitching
Collectively, we work together to preserve our human rights. I find security knowing I have a voice (a vote) in my own destiny.
Kathy Pereira de Almeida
"my vote is my voice"
Layer #1: fiber - discharged cotton
Layer #2: mixed media
others’ voices may be louder.
my vote is my voice”
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