Stop by the History Center this fall to see the Stonewall Gallery’s newest show, Cocreation: Visual Essays on Renewal and Collaboration, by Maine artist Samantha Verrone. The exhibit showcases Verrone’s improvisational fabric assemblages that repurpose old or discarded textiles into works that explore and express the passage of time through layers of stitches, dye, and handwork.
Of her practice, Verrone writes: “Collecting and reconstructing antiquated textiles was always a way to counter the waste and runaway consumption of our culture. It was not just the coveted 100 year old European linen lovingly loomed by hand or cotton dyed with indigo on the isles of Japan in a 1000 year old technique that I sought, but textiles that might otherwise end up in a landfill like old wool blankets and table linens marked with rust. Time is a significant ingredient….There is a spirit of conservancy and stewardship, a reverence for an undertaking begun long ago and now carried on – a collaboration over generations of makers.” Read Samantha Verrone’s full artist statement here to learn more.
Cocreation by Samantha Verrone will be on view at the Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm Street in Yarmouth, Maine, through November 1, 2025. Our hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00-4:00.
