Tiny Pricks
Godwin-Ternbach Museum is honored to present a selection of works from Tiny Pricks Project, a public art collaboration originated by Canadian creator and curator Diana Weymar in January, 2018, when she first embroidered a quote from Donald Trump, “I am a very stable genius,” into an antique seat cushion cross-stitched by her grandmother, and shared it on social media to her now 18,000 followers. From then on, Weymar stitched at least two or more quotes a day onto vintage and antique textiles, spurred on by what she was reading on Twitter or other social media sites, or hearing on TV. In response to Trump’s 24-hour a day onslaught, thousands of contributors from around the world have responded to her call and stitched his words into items as disparate as stuffed animals, cleaning sponges, dish scrubbers, fly swatters, girl scout sashes, baby clothes, face masks, pillows, Scrabble boards, and hot water bottles. Their invention is only matched by the breadth of their passion and outrage.
Tiny Pricks Project serves as an indelible record of these turbulent times we are living in. At its core are handmade textiles lovingly stored in linen closets and buried in cedar chests and brought into the light of day. Precious family artifacts with their own inherent history are re-purposed and altered by Trump’s divisive remarks. Tiny Pricks Project has since become the largest textile Trump protest ever with over 5,000 works and multitudes of participants globally. This project represents the very essence of art as activism – creating a better world by naming the specter that still haunts us today.
We are thankful for our funders to the exhibition and educational programs: Friends of Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Museum Association of New York (MANY), Kupferberg Center for the Arts, and Queens College, CUNY.
https://www.tinypricksproject.com/the-artist/
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Diana Weymar
Photos were taken at Planthouse Gallery. “I Am a Stable Genius” is from the Tiny Pricks Project website.