Companion Species (Speech Bubble)
2019

136×198.5 in.
Reclaimed wool blankets, embroidery floss, thread
Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Photograph by Kevin McConnell

This piece was stitched in community at these open sewing circles: University of Arkansas, International Connections Lounge in the Arkansas Union, Fayetteville, AR; Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR; Preschool Playdate, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Cherokee Arts Center, Tahlequah, OK; Drop-in Sewing Circle, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR; Art Night Out, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR; Bethany Hayes’s Artist Skills and Practice Issues class from Portland Community College, at Marie Watt Studio, Portland, OR; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI; Spalding House, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI; Marie McGregor’s We BeWeave class from Honolulu Academy, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI; Portland Community College Art Students, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, OR

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