Providence

Description by the artist:

Providence definition: fate, chance, luck, external circumstances, outside influence, divine, intervention, destiny

The centerpiece of my hometown of Port Providence, Pennsylvania was a rowdy bar called the Fitzwater Station. My parents and the parents of my childhood friends could often be found there, and as kids we constantly had to navigate this place and its mostly negative impacts on my community. I reflect on how lucky I am to have survived and escaped that neighborhood, and I ask if I'm doomed to repeat the mistakes of my kin.

Techniques: Hand stitched and appliqued
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States, California
Credit Line: Gift of the Artist Maggy Rozycki Hilter
Visual description: Green background, line-drawing-style. Four rows of display of plants, animals (mainly cats and dogs), children and alcohol bottles, as well as a river in the second row from the top.