Contact information
Name:
Michiko Okaya
Phone:
610 330 5361
Email:
artgallery@lafayette.edu
Link for More Information:
Categories:
When:
Sunday, January 8, 2012 (All day) - Sunday, February 5, 2012 (All day)
Where:
Williams Center 108
Price:
free of charge
Easton artist D. Polly Kendrick, dressed as Madame Defarge, will be in-residence at the Williams Center Gallery. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from noon to 2 p.m. during the run of the exhibition," Sticks, Hooks, and the Mobius: Knit and Crochet go Cerebral," Kendrick will be knitting a shroud.
Madame Defarge, a character in Charles Dickens’"A Tale of Two Cities," sat at the base of the guillotine and knitted the names of doomed aristocrats into a shroud. For her version, Kendrick invites visitors to write on tri-colored ribbon the emotions, habits, and lifestyles that they would like to cut from their lives. She will be knitting the scraps into the shroud.
The Madame Defarge Project celebrates the 200th birthday of Dickens in February.
On January 10, the 60 inch wide shroud was about 48 inches long. As of January 28, the shroud is 61 inches long.
Come to the closing reception on February 5, from 2- 4 p.m., to see how long the final shroud is,
Sponsored by:
Lafayette Art Galleries