Current Show

Stitched together by hope
organized by jennifer hart

November 2-November 17

Opening Reception: Friday, November 2, 6-10 pm
Lexarts Gallery Hop: Friday, November 16, 5-8 pm

Stitched Together by Hope is a collection of fifteen beautiful art quilts that are part of an ongoing volunteer effort by Lexington artist Jennifer Hart. Since February 2017, Hart has worked with clients graduating from both the men’s and women’s recovery programs at The Hope Center to give birth to imaginative, innovative art quilts which allows clients to creatively and collaboratively address the challenges of recovery from addiction. The quilts in this exhibit represent the imaginative work of approximately 500 program graduates.

Both monetary and in-kind donations from The Hope Center’s most needed items found on their website will be accepted at the Parachute Factory gallery during the exhibit.

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My motivation for initiating this project in large part comes from having beloved friends who have struggled with addiction. When one of my closest friends disclosed their addiction to Oxycontin to me in 2011 I was stunned by my own ignorance due to my lack of personal experience with addiction. I felt completely useless to my friend. I had no idea what active addiction really entailed and even less about recovery. To me my ignorance was untenable. So I began to dismantle it with empathy, compassion and actively listening. In late 2016, watching in horror as the opiate crisis continue to grow, I knew could not sit idly by. Throughout my life I have had a strong drive to serve my community through volunteer work. I contacted the Hope Center in hopes of being able to volunteer and I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work with the truly wonderful and inspiring men and women in the organization’s recovery programs.

-Jennifer Hart