Wishbones.
Wishbones is a collaborative community sculpture project in which Susan Begy invited community members to share their stories. The stories could be about anything important to someone: anecdotes, poems, memories. People could share their troubles or worries or joys. They could tell her their dreams—what they wish for. Or they could give observations on life. Reflecting on those stories, Begy carved a pile of raw alabaster rocks into a series of intimate, abstract sculptures. Curated by Annalisa Barron, Wishbones was created during an artist residency at a literary organization, Writers & Books in Rochester, NY,
initial pile of alabaster rocks
Chris Fanning, Deputy Director Writers & Books
Susan Begy, Artist in Residence
Annalisa Barron, Curator
sculpture inspired by poem "Detangle" by Catherine Valleroy
inspired by a mother's encouraging her son to do what is just in the world and live up to his Afro-Latino name.
from a poem, Because I Got Down Off the Gurney by Katrina Gaspar.
inspired by "Nickel Song".
inspired by words that rose on the land of the Pentlatch people in the unceded territory of the K’omoks Nation in Northwest Canada.
