Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley After One Year

13 Saturday Aug 2022

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This past week I was teaching two workshops at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology in Otis, Oregon, and had an opportunity to visit my art project done last year “Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley” created with students in the Summer Youth Art Program of the Sitka Center in cooperation with the K-12 School and students from the Nestucca Valley school district. I was the Guest Artist for this program and worked at the school for two weeks in August 2021, with the students to create and install this work before going back to my home in Santa Rosa, CA.

It is great to see how this “quilt” has changed over time and to see so many wildflowers that were in the handmade paper quilt blocks still blooming! The photos below were taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen when we visited the Nestucca Vally School and viewed the art installation in the school garden on Monday, August 8, 2022.

“Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley” shown on August 8, 2022, photo by Timothy S. Allen

Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley one year later!

Another view of Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley after one year.

Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley on August 8, 2022, showing detail of blue bachelor buttons and golden poppies blooming

The Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley was installed on August 13, 2021. I have also attached one photo below of the quilt when it was first installed with the handmade paper quilt blocks each having seeds in the paper pulp in the same colors and patterns in the design of fish, waves and trees. Hopefully the wildflower seeds will disperse again this Fall and come back in the Spring of 2023 with more blooms. For more about the Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley, see this link to an article from Sept. 2021, in ART NEWS: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/jane-ingram-allen-living-quilts-1234603170/

Jane Ingram Allen, *Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley*, Cloverdale, Oregon (in school garden of K-12 Nestucca Valley School) shown at installation on August 13, 2021, 8 feet x 10 feet x 5 feet, mixed media art installation of handmade paper, dye, thread, soil, boards, branches, created with participants in Summer Youth Art Program of Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, photo by Timothy S. Allen

Living Quilt for Steckborn is blooming now with many red poppies!

10 Saturday Jul 2021

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My outdoor art installation in Steckborn, Switzerland titled “Living Quilt for Steckborn” is now blooming well with many red poppies. I created this artwork in my California studio and shipped it to Switzerland for installation in April 2021. The artwork has a handmade paper quilt in the “Peaks and Valleys” pattern with seeds for wildflowers in the pulp to grow and change over time. The installation has grown well thanks to the good care from the staff at Haus zur Glocke, an art center in Steckborn, Switzerland. This project was done with the cooperation of Haus zur Glocke Curator Judi Villiger and the city of Steckborn and installed by volunteers. I participates in the April installation by Internet because travel was not possible during the pandemic.

This photo shows the Living Quilt for Steckborn installation blooming on July 10, 2021. The photo was sent to me by Judit Villiger, Director and Curator at Haus zur Glocke. There are so many red poppies now, and I hope we can see some more yellow, white and blue wildflowers soon. I also put another photo here of how the “quilt” looked when it was installed in Steckborn back in April. “Living Quilt for Steckborn” remains on view in Steckborn, Switzerland, and you can also see some of my other living quilt installations blooming now in Sacramento, California at Sojourner Truth Park, and in Santa Rosa, California, at Rincon Ridge Park.

Living Quilt for Santa Rosa blooming again!

14 Tuesday Apr 2020

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Today my husband Tim and I went by the site of my Living Quilt for Santa Rosa installation at Rincon Ridge Park in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa, CA. This public artwork was supported by a grant from the City of Santa Rosa as part of a call to artists to respond to the devastating wildfires of October 2017. It was great to see this evidence of the regenerative powers of nature and rejoice in the bright golden poppies, white linen poppies and small blue forget-me-nots and white allysium blooms.

These photos taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen show the art installation on April 13, 2020. It is great to see this artwork surviving and thriving in these difficult times.

Here is a link to a youtube slide show about the artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfH104j92o
The video shows this artwork in all its phases as the handmade paper quilt with seeds for wildflowers in the pulp changes over time into a living bloom wildflower bed.

The headboard and footboard for the “bed” that was woven with trimmed tree branches, has blown over and been repaired and set back in place two different times after it blew down in storms with 70 mph+winds. Go out when you can to see the flowers in your neighborhood.

Sacramento “Guns into Flowers” handmade paper quilt has transformed!

18 Tuesday Jun 2019

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My sculpture installation in Sacramento about the issue of gun violence has completely transformed, and the handmade paper “guns” with seeds for wildflowers in the paper pulp have grown into a living bloom flower bed. The wildflowers that are blooming now in the installation are white cosmos, blue bachelor buttons, Baby’s breath, white linen poppies, and a few red wildflowers including some red poppies and scarlet flax. The white cosmos flowers are really dominating the space now, but the green foliage of this wildflower is very beautiful and almost fern-like. The headboard and footboard we constructed from local branches still seems quite strong. The weather in Sacramento has been cooperative this Spring with some rain, but hot sunny days are expected in the months ahead. Several days it has already been over 100 degrees F.

This installation was done during an artist in residency at Natomas Charter School Academy of Performing and Fine Arts, in Sacramento, from Feb. 25 to March 16, 2019. Art students at the school helped to make the handmade paper quilt and install it on March 16, 2019. The installation is on view for the public at South Natomas Community Center Park in the “poet’s park area. These photos of the transformation were taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen (allentimohotos2.wordpress.com) on June 15, 2019, during a recent visit to Sacramento. These photos show my “Guns into Flowers” installation on March 16, 2019, when it was installed.

Keep watching this Blog for updated photos and more news about this art project as it continues to change over time.

“Guns Into Flowers” art installation is starting to bloom in Sacramento

20 Monday May 2019

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My “Guns into Flowers” art installation that was installed on March 16 at South Natomas Community Center Park is starting to bloom. This art installation was created with the participation of art students at Natomas Charter School Academy of Performing and Fine Arts in Sacramento, CA. The installation consists of a handmade paper quilt with a gun motif pattern with seeds for wildflowers in the pulp. The art project raises awareness about gun violence and transforms the “guns” into flowers.

These photos show the first flowers starting to bloom. The weather has been very cooperative in Sacramento this Spring, and the plants are growing fast. We have even had some rare rain storms in May. These photos were taken on Friday, March 17 by Timothy S. Allen (http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)
Keep checking this Blog for more photos as the installation continues to change and the handmade paper “guns” transform into living blooming flowers.

A big thank you to the art teachers as Natomas Charter School, Jim Vetter and Chelsea Greninger, and to all the art students at the school who helped to make the quilt squares and borders for this project that I did during a three-weeks artist in residency at the school from Feb. 25 to March 17, 2019.