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Publication Date
2019
Description
GRAND PURCHASE PRIZE WINNER $500 | Purchase prize winners receive a cash reward and the books are added to the Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections' Artists' Book collection.
Keywords
artists' books, Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest, sixth
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2023
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Judy Maloney
Materials + Techniques
Fabric, embroidery floss
Student Narrative
This book depicts one of the most dehumanizing and traumatic aspects of chattel slavery: the separation of families through slave sales. The quilt format depicts the fragmented pieces of one's life when torn from their family, as well as the tendency throughout history to attempt to "fix" or hide the difficult and shameful facts of American history through ornate distractions (as shown through the extravagant stitching that binds the separate pieces of fabric).
Photo Credit
Connor Parsley FAV 20
Recommended Citation
Stoltzfus, Olivia; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Keep The Family Together" (2019). 6th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2020. 50.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest6th2020/50