Healing Blanket
“Patchwork: Healing Blanket/La Manta de Curación” at Museo Regional de Querétaro in Querétaro, Mexico, 2023 (Photo by Lena Bartula)
Gina contributed a quilt block to “Patchwork: Healing Blanket/La Manta de Curación,” a collectively created quilt like the AIDS Quilt, which was displayed on January 26, 2020 at Mexico City’s Zócalo to protest violence against women, children, and the earth. The project traveled as a virtual exhibit to the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) based in Venice, California later that year and then was installed at Museo Regional de Querétaro in Querétaro, Mexico in 2023.
Hyperallergic article by Elisa Wouk Almino:
A “Healing Blanket” Against Gender Violence, Created by 600 Women Around the World
About Gina’s piece:
I made “In Life and Death United” in October of 2019 during the season of Day of the Dead. I view it as offering for my ancestors who suffered domestic violence. My intention is that their memory, joined with all of the voices in this quilt, bring healing and change. The center image is a detail of my great grandmother’s gravestone. The fabrics feature prints of flowers, fruit, and chocolate–sweet treats for their spirits.
La Jornada article by Carlos Paul about the project: En La manta de curación se “teje la realidad que viven y padecen todos los días las mujeres”
“In Life and Death United” by Gina Hyams. Machine-sewn patchwork with glued appliqué.
