This is what June and Karen are sending out...

Connective Tissue:

Most of the time, we don’t stop to consider all of the connections that we have, or make with other people in our lives. Sometimes these connections are fleeting…brief, chance encounters that somehow leave impressions on us; other times, we form significant, long-term bonds that influence our lives. On occasion, the connections make us realize that “it’s a small world’. The coincidence of meeting someone is unexpected, or the location at which you connect seems unlikely. One starts to consider the “Six Degrees of Separation”, or the “Kevin Bacon Effect”. As two cousins, we’ve discovered some of our own connections – we were born days apart, share a fascination with ‘connection’ and ‘coincidence’, and would like to explore these themes artistically. As artists, we hope to uncover interesting stories, and to share them, in a collaborative, mixed-media installation that will debut at the “Connective Tissue” exhibit. (This exhibit is a joint effort between artists from Chelsea, and East Boston, MA – two communities connected by water and bridges, and a shared interest in art.) We would like to have you share your stories with us, so that they can be incorporated into our work. Your stories may be hand-written or typed, mailed or emailed, short or long, happy, sad, or anything in between. They should also be true. As we are still exploring the aesthetics of our work, we don’t know the exact form that the stories will ultimately take, but promise that some will be complete, and able to be read; others may not, as the work dictates. In any case, the physical embodiment of the work will depict the concepts of ‘connective tissue’/’connection’, and your stories will help to form the structures that make up the work. We look forward to learning and working with your stories. Thanks! -June & Karen The exhibit will be at the Gallery @ Spencer Lofts, 60 Dudley Street, Chelsea, MA, opening in late May or early June. For more information, contact the gallery at: info@galleryspencerlofts.com