EXHIBITION RECORD

Surrounded By Family and Friends

November 17 through February 3

This exhibit illustrates a series of life-sized fabric and thread works by artist Deidre Scherer, depicts six distinct death scenes, which include intergenerational and non-traditional families from culturally diverse groups.

Using fabrics as paints, Scherer "draws" with scissors and then layers shapes to give her two-dimensional images a sculptural quality. Using her sewing machine as a drawing tool, she stitches the cloth surface, drawing with multiple lines of colored threads, to create a startling realism.

Promoting an open dialogue about dying as a natural part of life within the context of community and relationship; Scherer’s work invites a broad spectrum of public reaction about this most powerful of life's events.