In January 2024, we invited artists to make an image on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of art paper with a thread laced in it, with the prompt “connected by a thread.”
The 64+ artists had eight weeks to make any kind of 2D artwork on that art paper, using any subject matter. The only limitations were the vertical format and to keep the thread in the paper. Here is the gallery of fantastic works:
Andrea DeMers @andreademers11
Linda Summerfield
Deborah Newmark
Ellen Galland
Josh Ippel
Sharon Hyson
Lindsey Caplice
Philomena O'Halloran @Philomena_5 I was in awe of these massive ficus trees in the Costa Rica Monteverde cloud forest. The root system grows from the top down.
Chris Chaudruc Titled "Unfolding Strands"
Mardy Sears
Mark DeBernardi and Lillian DeBernardi
Larry Lundy
Laura Leith
Leslie J. Riley
Judy Kickel
Joerg Metzner
Mary Seyfarth
Kristen Neveu This interplay between life, death, strength and resiliency is a pattern I ponder in my artwork. The thread and harp strings link patterns of music, nostalgia and recovery. @kristenneveuart
Marcelo Anon
Mary Ridley
Joyce Elias
Marjorie Davidson. “Painting is another word for feeling” Constable. Nature is inspiring, exquisite, intoxicating. A life time of observation of Lake Michigan, Door County, North Carolina, Ohio farmland, the woods and hills of Pennsylvania, interplay in a delicate rendering of the landscape inspired by and representing the “quietest time of day”. My arttuckish piece is representative of my paintings , for sure! @marjoriedavidson131
Lisa Zschunke
Chai Wolfman
Janet Webber
David Tennenbaum
Eric Sorensen
Pam Sloan
Marla Seibold @girlandfire Overlapping threads and layers of conversation.
Dana Robertson
Darren Oberto
Robyn McMurray Hurtig
Alicja Pulit
Socorro Mucino
Barb Murphy
Zuleyka Benitez
Terri Michaels
Ross Martens
Suzanne Horwitz
Kathy Mandell
Jeanne LaCasse @jeannelacassefinearts I embellished my Dad’s old business card with the red thread. He was an artist. It appears on the face as just a bunch of lines, but if you tilt it, you can see his name.
Bonnie Katz
April Potterfield 35mm film photo of Benjamin, "pulling the thread" which has been warned against by mothers for ages.
Elena Kaiser The country of Israel, the threads became the outline, a fragile border. The collage is a patchwork of drawings and monotypes , created before October 7th and following the tragedy.
