丁香园AV

My project is a direct response to the mental health crisis and experience of isolation created by the Covid-19 pandemic. 鈥淎rt for Comfort : Art for Connection鈥� will invite participants to explore comfort as a means to connect with their own inner resources and coping skills, as well as an opportunity to connect with each other in community.

Through a series of workshops, I will engage the community to create a virtual quilt. Using textiles and other art materials, people will work on their own personal 6鈥� x 6鈥� square that communicates for them an idea or experience of comfort. After the workshops are over, participants may donate the physical piece or send a digital copy of their art to me, and the submissions will be 鈥渟ewn鈥� into a digital quilt, which will be displayed online. The quilt will hold the community鈥檚 memories, hopes and dreams. Visitors to the website can view the quilt and read the stories provided by the participants. The subject of these stories will be of the participants鈥� choosing, but the focus will be on 鈥渃onnection and comfort鈥�. A goal of the workshop will be to help people connect to, and express, their story in a way they find meaningful.

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