Wiiliam Adie Jr.
Jennifer Andrews
Sol Aramendi
Carolyn Ard
Betsy Ashton
Virginia Asman
E. Janya Barlow
Vicky Barranguet
Violet Baxter
Laura Bell
Charles Bentz
Rosetta Bentz
Keith Bland
Michele Bonelli
Markus Bradley
Madeline Braisted
Sonam Brauen
Ellya Brill
Evan Brown
Anthony Buczko

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Nancy Rakoczy
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Cape: The Good News, knit plastic NY TIMES bags, 12/08, 45" x 55"
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Cape: The Good News was created from the NY TIMES bags, transforming their functionality from garbage into a precious, handmade object. The knitting process serves to convert the humble blue bag from nearly invisible detritus, into an object that evokes royalty and status.

Feminine Mult-Purpose Liturgical Garment 25" x 45" is also made of knit plastic. It references both a wedding dress and the stole of an ordained minister, while its scratchy, burnt texture makes it a hairshirt.

When Did I Become Invisible? and, Where Did I Become Invisible? As we age, our bodies become more and more invisible, fading into the background. White on white, blending into the wall, so do these dresses. asking, when. . .? where . . .? how. . . ? why . .

The Dress Series evokes the doll clothes and paper dolls of childhood. The departure comes in the materials chosen: woven plastic discards that have been burnt and manipulated. Pins pierce the waist. Some are wrapped. It is an embattled femininity.

Eve Dreaming reverses the Genesis story.