Sew Low

Sew Low
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ArtistLoretta Pettway Bennett
Year2011 (2011)
Dimensions220 cm × 210 cm (87 in × 83 in)
LocationEskenazi Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Coordinates39°46′41″N 86°11′03″W / 39.7781°N 86.1841°W / 39.7781; -86.1841
OwnerEskenazi Health

Sew Low is a 2011–2012 quilt by Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett. It is located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.

Description

Sew Low is a 2011-2012 quilt by Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett designed in the style of the quilts of Gee's Bend, which uses recycled household and thrift store clothing. This quilt consists of strips and squares of fabric in shades of green, brown, and cream that, together, create a large rectangle measuring 87" x 83", framed.[1][2]

Historical information

Acquisition

Sew Low was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013.[3][4] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury.[4] Each of the 54 proposals was assigned an area of the new hospital by Eskenazi Health's art committee and publicly displayed in the existing Wishard Hospital and online for public comment; more than 3,000 public comments on the final proposals were collected and analyzed in the final selection.[4][5] Sew Low is credited "in memory of Jean E. Spears."

Location

Sew Low is currently displayed in the yellow elevator corridor on the 1st floor of Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital.

Artist

Loretta Pettway Bennett is a fifth-generation quilter from Gee's Bend, Alabama.[2] She has exhibited her work in several museums, including the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Additionally, her work has appeared in numerous galleries, including the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle and the Paulson Press Gallery in Berkeley, California. Selected by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), Bennett's work also hangs on the walls of United States embassies worldwide.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sew Low | Public Art Archive". www.publicartarchive.org. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  2. ^ a b Arnett, William (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books.
  3. ^ Landro, Laura (2014-08-18). "More Hospitals Use the Healing Powers of Public Art". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. ^ a b c "Wishard Announces First Group of Artists Selected for Eskenazi Health Art Program". www.eskenazihealth.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. ^ "Support Wishard's pursuit of the highest art". Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  6. ^ "Original Print Collection | FAPE". www.fapeglobal.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

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