Showing at BNY Mellon Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery

The current #MeToo movement is an expanded global community of survivors from all walks of life highlighting the breadth and impact of a worldwide sexual violence. They demand perpetrators be held accountable and strategies implemented that sustain long term, systemic change.
Dina, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, is the biblical accounting of women’s violation. The equal combination of divine attributes of strength, gevorah, and lovingkindness, chesed, come together as a significant force in the healing process.

Each angel has a single divine purpose. The angel Uriel is an action angel preforming service for universal peace. A yukata is a casual version of a kimono.

These Angelic Mantles represent the metaphysical color system of angels based on seven different light rays. Working with recycled denim, the most difficult part of jeans to use is the back-center seam. These pieces transform that waste into this higher purpose.

There is a long extensive herstory of quilts made as a public expression of political issues. This was mine in response to the lives lost at the Tree of Life massacre.