Community Collaboration
McMaster University – School of the Arts
Mend and Make Well was hosted as a part of my artist in residence program. Students in the SOTA program and members of the public were invited to open studios held every Monday from January to April 2018 to learn mending
McMaster University – School of the Arts
Mend and Make Well was hosted as a part of my artist in residence program. Students in the SOTA program and members of the public were invited to open studios held every Monday from January to April 2018 to learn mending
Doily Webs
An ongoing community collaborative artwork created with Whitehorse artist Nicole Bauberger. Together the artists, with the community created web like installations from found and inherited lace doilies. The public is taught a the simple chain stitch and invited to create site specific
Doily Webs
An ongoing community collaborative artwork created with Whitehorse artist Nicole Bauberger. Together the artists, with the community created web like installations from found and inherited lace doilies. The public is taught a the simple chain stitch and invited to create site specific
Mend & Make Well
Mend and Make Well is an ongoing, participatory artwork about the material items we cherish that tell the stories of our lives. All are invited to bring or mail items in need of mending. Jessica mends, photographs and records the the
Mend & Make Well
Mend and Make Well is an ongoing, participatory artwork about the material items we cherish that tell the stories of our lives. All are invited to bring or mail items in need of mending. Jessica mends, photographs and records the the
Dear Diary Series
Vintage hankie, hand embroidery
2012
Dawson City, Yukon
Artist in Residence, KIAC
Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)
Dear Diary Series
Studio setup during Artist in Residence
October 2012
Dawson City, Yukon
Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)
Dear Diary Series
Studio setup during Artist in Residence
October 2012
Dawson City, Yukon
Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
You Bring It – We Yarn Bomb It
Community Collaboration: Community donated objects to be yarn bombed, knitting, crochet
2012
Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City, Yukon
Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
You Bring It – We Yarn Bomb It
Community Collaboration: Community donated objects to be yarn bombed, knitting, crochet
2012
Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City, Yukon
Dome Bench – Yarn Bombed
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Dome Bench
knitting, crochet, stitching, bench by Holly
2012
Riverside Arts Festival
Dome Bench – Yarn Bombed
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Dome Bench
knitting, crochet, stitching, bench by Holly
2012
Riverside Arts Festival
Knitting for History: Yarn Bombing the DC-3
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Volunteers from across Canada
Community Collaboration of the Yukon Transportation Museum and the Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery
2012
installed at Yukon Transportation Museum
Knitting for History: Yarn Bombing the DC-3
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Volunteers from across Canada
Community Collaboration of the Yukon Transportation Museum and the Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery
2012
installed at Yukon Transportation Museum
Lenore Yarn Bomb
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Yarn Bombing Lenore the 1969 GMC 4×4 Truck
2012
Yukon Transportation Museum
Lenore Yarn Bomb
Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective
Yarn Bombing Lenore the 1969 GMC 4×4 Truck
2012
Yukon Transportation Museum
No Fixed Address
Emotional Baggage – Community Based Collaboration
Found Suitcase, anonymous submissions of “emotional baggage”
2007
No Fixed Address, Hamilton, Ontario
No Fixed Address
Emotional Baggage – Community Based Collaboration
Found Suitcase, anonymous submissions of “emotional baggage”
2007
No Fixed Address, Hamilton, Ontario
Surface Tension
Surface Tension – Community Based Collaboration
Anonymous hand written secrets, barbed wire, antique bedframe
2006
McMaster University
Surface Tension
Surface Tension – Community Based Collaboration
Anonymous hand written secrets, barbed wire, antique bedframe
2006
McMaster University