Get Connected With Fiber Artist Lindsay Obermeyer
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"An invisible
red
thread connects those who are destined to meet
regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread
may stretch or tangle but it will never break." -
Chinese Proverb
Lindsay Obermeyer and
her daughter, Emily.
So have you heard about the Red Thread Project yet? On this
episode you'll hear from Chicago fiber artist
Lindsay Obermeyer, creator of
the fantastic Red Thread Project, which is under
way in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Hundreds of people throughout West Michigan are
knitting and crocheting hats that will be connected
to the red thread Lindsay is busy knitting. She
estimates the the thread will stretch about a half
mile when completed. This community art project is
being organized locally by ArtWorks and the Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts (UICA).
Once all the hat making is complete and all the hats
are connected to the red thread, hundreds of people
will gather at 7 p.m. Friday, June
30 at Rosa Parks Circle, in downtown Grand
Rapids and put on the connected hats to share in a
community wide performance art experience.
After the performance and subsequent exhibition of
the connected hats at the UICA, the hats will be
distributed to cancer patients who have lost their
hair.
Inspired to make a connected garment of your own? You're in luck, Lindsay kindly submitted a fun and easy pattern for an 8-foot tubular hat you can share with a friend.
Below are pictures of some of Lindsay's other work
that we discuss in the podcast. Visit her gallery to view more and check
out her Red Thread blog.
MAKE A HAT BY JUNE
1, AND GET CONNECTED.
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
41 Sheldon Boulevard S.E.
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503-4227
(NOTE: At the end of the podcast I told listeners to mail finished hats to the ArtWorks, but the organization is in the process of moving. So, it's best to send them to the UICA. Either way, your hat can be forwarded to the right place by the wonderful folks at the U.S. Postal Service.)
The deadline is June 1, so stitch fast!
Artist Alynn Guerra (left), Cindy Koning, ArtWorks executive director and programs manager, Beekah Terlouw model hats connected by a red thread.
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