Archorlight Brightwork Fellow | 2022
Images | Sally Van Gorder
Security Blanket | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Batting, Embroidery Floss, Thread
Security Blanket Detail
At Your Service | Materials: Vintage Serving Utensils, Embroidery Floss
At Your Service Detail
Wake Up! | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Crocheted Cotton Trim, Embroidery Floss, Pillow Form, Thread
Wake Up! Detail
A Stain on Humanity | Materials: Cotton Organdy, Upcycled Cotton Cloth, Upcycled Crocheted Cotton Trim, Waste Canvas, Embroidery Floss, Thread
A Stain on Humanity Detail
Happy Hour | Materials: Upcycled Handkerchief, Vintage Bottle, Digitally Printed Cotton Flag, Cotton Twine, Thread
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University: Permanent Collection
Happy Hour Detail
Babylon is Falling | Materials: Ivory Soap, African Black Soap, Vintage Washboard, Tattle-Tale Iron, Vintage Washtub, Hand Embroidered and Hand Painted, Screen Printed Dish Towel, Upcycled Eyelet Trim, Wood Towel Stand, Toothpicks
Babylon is Falling Detail
WMD’s | Materials: Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Knotted and Braided Organic Jersey, Organic Jersey Yo-Yo’s, Hand Made Patches, Machine Embroidery, Imitation Gold Leaf Metal Crosses, Bamboo, Synthetic Metallic Ribbon, Leather, Imitation Gold Leaf Frames, Thread, Images: Public Domain
WMD’s Detail
Classic | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Cotton Aida Cloth, Book, Metal Chain, Metal Locks, Embroidery Floss, Cotton-rich Batting, Mother of Pearl Button, Thread
Classic Detail
POP Life (Profit Over People) | Materials: Repainted Vintage Jolly Nigger Bank, Hand Embroidered Upcycled Table Cloth, Embroidery Floss, Motion Picture Money, Image: Public Domain
POP Life (Profit Over People) Detail
Star Mangled Banner | Materials: Upcycled Flag, Cotton Cloth, Cotton Aida Cloth, Cotton Yarn, Embroidery Floss, Thread
Star Mangled Banner Detail
La Lupa Capitalismo | Materials: Cotton Osnaburg, Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Twine, Polyester Stuffing, Thread, Image: Public Domain
La Lupa Capitalismo Detail
New Year’s Day | Materials: Silk, Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Synthetic Satin Ribbon, Embroidery Floss, Cotton Cording, Polyester Batting, Thread, Image: Public Domain
New Year’s Day Detail
Indelibly Seared | Materials: Cotton Yarn, Commissioned Branding Irons
Branding Irons by Master Blacksmith Darryl A. Reeves, New Orleans, LA | Apprentices: Timothy Holmes, Karina Roca, Teddy White
Indelibly Seared Detail
Quotidian | Materials: Hand Embroidered Cotton Handkerchief, Cotton Cloth, Cotton Interfacing, Embroidery Floss, Glass Bead, Thread
Quotidian Detail
Blacks Only
Blacks Only (Entrance)
Blacks Only (Interior)
“There Is A Balm/Rev. Gary’s Hesitation Blues, Piedmont Style - A Reminiscence” - includes public domain recording of Fisk Jubilee Quartet, Victor 1 6487-A (Ms. B-8451-1) recorded Camden, NJ, December 1909, John Wesley Work II (first tenor vocal), James Andrew Myers (second tenor vocal, Alfred Garfield King (first bass vocal), and Noah Walker Ryder (second bass vocal).
Sound Design: Bill Toles