Notes from the Board - Pixie Loomis

How to Be Creative in a Pandemic

“River Arts is alive and well in these dark days, and the Zoom Tapestry Project is just one way that we are seeking to keep connection and creativity alive.”

The Tapestry Project is one of the wonderful ways that River Arts has reached out to the community to provide creative opportunities for folks to occupy their time during these extended months of isolation and dark days. I just enjoyed a very fun workshop, led by Jayne Allister, on how to transform a 12 inch square of cloth into a unique depiction of what has been helpful and meaningful during months and months of not being able to socialize in the usual ways. People of all ages and abilities have submitted “squares”, and Jayne has just put 20 of them together to form an amazing tapestry that is now hanging in the Morrisville Post Office. It is a warm and cheerful way to reflect on these last 10 months. Thank you, Jayne!

Please go to the Post Office and be inspired. We are still looking for more submissions up until the first of March and would like to create at least two more tapestries to be displayed around the community and at River Arts. Think about ways that you are coping, experiencing, creating staying sane, and adapting to life in a pandemic. Use and re-use anything you have around you- fabric scraps, buttons, paint, embroidery, collage, knitting, weaving, photo transfer, writing, whatever inspires you to tell your story. It is fun, and when your square or squares, you can submit up to three, is put together with nineteen others, it creates an extraordinary visual of connection, even though we have not been able to connect in person.

River Arts is alive and well in these dark days, and the Zoom Tapestry Project is just one way that we are seeking to keep connection and creativity alive. Soon we will be building birdhouses together to celebrate spring! Stay tuned!!

-Pixie Loomis, Board Member