UPCOMING EXHIBITION
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DANFORTH ART MUSEUM Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition June 28-August 24, 2025 Danforth Art Museum at Framingham University 14 Vernon Street, Framingham, MA Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 12-5 | Closed Monday danforth.framingham.edu JURORS • Jessica Roscio, Director & Curator, Danforth Art Museum • Yumi Park Huntington , Professor of Art History, Framingham State University • Lauren Szumita, Director, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross  Installation view of "Keeping It Together" at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, IL in 2021.
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ARTIST STATEMENT: Keeping it Together
This series of 24 weavings were created in the depths of the pandemic while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Inspired by Sheila Hick's small weavings, I had, by chance, begun a weaving experiment on a cardboard loom a few days before my cancer diagnosis in August of 2020. I decided to continue working on these abstract weavings throughout the course of my treatment which included 16 rounds of chemotherapy, surgery and 4 weeks of radiation. My treatment encompassed nine months. I finished the last weaving on my last day of radiation.
I worked on these weavings in the evenings at the very end of each day. Each piece began with no preconceived notion of an outcome. I choose the colors that appealed to me that day from small balls of yarn in my stash. Each warp has a different color. The weavings are loose and somewhat crude, not perfectly square or finely finished. The work was slow, soothing and methodical.
All along I felt that the weavings were a visual representation of my inner psyche during my treatment. Having a healing project to sink into each evening was a lifeline during the long, dark months of the pandemic, made even darker with my diagnosis.
My prognosis going forward is very positive. I look at this work knowing I did my best to fight the good fight.
This series of 24 weavings were created in the depths of the pandemic while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Inspired by Sheila Hick's small weavings, I had, by chance, begun a weaving experiment on a cardboard loom a few days before my cancer diagnosis in August of 2020. I decided to continue working on these abstract weavings throughout the course of my treatment which included 16 rounds of chemotherapy, surgery and 4 weeks of radiation. My treatment encompassed nine months. I finished the last weaving on my last day of radiation.
I worked on these weavings in the evenings at the very end of each day. Each piece began with no preconceived notion of an outcome. I choose the colors that appealed to me that day from small balls of yarn in my stash. Each warp has a different color. The weavings are loose and somewhat crude, not perfectly square or finely finished. The work was slow, soothing and methodical.
All along I felt that the weavings were a visual representation of my inner psyche during my treatment. Having a healing project to sink into each evening was a lifeline during the long, dark months of the pandemic, made even darker with my diagnosis.
My prognosis going forward is very positive. I look at this work knowing I did my best to fight the good fight.
TWO WOMEN EXHIBITIONS
Laura Morrison & Maureen Redmond-Scura
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The Loosely Knit Alliance; the collaborative works of Laura Morrison and Gail SmudaLibrary Arts Center | Newport, NH
August 10-October 4, 2024 Gail Smuda and I have worked together as The Loosely Knit Alliance for over 16 years creating mixed media works with a feminist perspective and a focus on artist made books and fiber works. Touching on a variety of subjects such as women’s work, healthcare, family, time and local history, this exhibit interweaves their joint efforts with individual artworks. This collaborative experience has fostered new conversations between the artists and their work. |
