The Threads Between Us is an introspective exhibit exploring the threads which connect us generationally, across communities, and within families, through inherited memories and experiences that shape our identities, relationships, and legacies.

Through diverse mediums, artists reflect on how past narratives, stories, experiences, traditions, traumas, and healing are woven into the present and how the stories we carry today influence future generations. The Threads Between Us is a celebration of resilience, connection, healing, and the transformative power of storytelling.

The installation will be at Cafe con Arte for the month of August.

Please join us for the opening reception Friday, August 1 from 5:30 – 8pm.

Here are some sneak peeks of a few pieces in the show as they were in process:

 

Detail from The Invisibility Quilt by Grace Lieberman

The Invisibility Quilt

"Part of the series Letters to Invisible People, The Invisibility Quilt is an heirloom worn as both cloak and cape. Its squares carry memories of struggle, silence, perseverance, and resistance. The work reframes invisibility not as shame, but as inherited armor, a quiet superpower of survival for those afraid to be seen."

— Grace Lieberman

 

Detail from back side of Nothing’s Peachy by Beau Boaro

Nothing’s Peachy

"This piece represents a convergence of ideas. The palette was inspired by the Pantone Color of the Year 2024 (peach fuzz). I also wanted to practice portraits with challenging facial expressions. It is however, at its heart, about witnessing grief in its ugliness and beauty, and holding space for it when the world refuses to stop turning."

— Beau Boaro

 

Detail of WIP Things come together; things fall away by Sara Quinn

Things come together; things fall away

"This is one of those pieces that told me what it was as I was making it. My intentions kept shifting as I went, because that is its nature. We have all of these threads (sometimes we don’t even know where they came from), and they get woven into the make of us; and eventually, pieces fall away, and we don’t embody them anymore."

— Sara Quinn

 

Detail of WIP The threads between us by Ashleigh Rogers

The threads between us

"This is a work in progress exploring the intricate tapestries woven between generations of women."

— Ashleigh Rogers