Artists, poets and community members came together Saturday to share tea and discussion and to open the doors to “Vote: A Centennial Celebration,” the Loveland Museum’s latest exhibit.
The show — which features 27 artists and 30 pieces — pays tribute to the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.
This exhibit, which has been in the works since 2017, highlights the suffragist women and their actions as both a tribute to those who came before and a reminder of how far women have come in 100 years.
One attendee, Barbara Lambert, said, “Not only did we here work really hard to get women the right to vote, but there are countries where there are people dying to have the right to vote.”
One of the most notable of these pieces was a bronze maquette of Jane DeDecker’s “Every Word We Utter.” A bill currently before the House of Representatives seeks permission to place a full-size version of the sculpture in Washington, D.C. The preferred site, according to the bill, is near the Supreme Court.
The sculpture features Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells and Harriot Stanton Blatch, all instrumental characters in the passage of the 19th Amendment and tireless warriors for equality.
Other works, like “The Wife” and “Nice” by Bonnie Lebesch, chose to highlight the sentiment of suffrage women rather than individual names. These needlepoint works show what women were meant to be at the time — mute, obedient, pretty and nice, as well as what they chose to be — aware, obstinate, dirty and strong as they worked to prove they deserved a place in the democratic system.
Eloise Nelson, a senior at Mountain View High School, was asked to write a poem inspired by these two pieces, which she read at the exhibit opening. To her, the pieces tell the story of an unnamed woman who decided to set aside her stitching and share her own voice.
“When I first saw the piece, the first thing that I noticed is that the needle is still intact and is hanging off, and that seemed really powerful to me. I kind of made a story in my head, and it was almost like whoever created this just stopped mid-stitch and said ‘I’m not going to do this anymore, I’m not going to be silent anymore,'” Nelson said.
She was one of the youngest creators in attendance but shared the same passion for the pieces and their meaning, and hopes it will inspire others to become more engaged in the politics around them as she will be when she votes in the primaries and general elections this year. A line from her poem reads,
“She is listening, she is stitching, the needle is rising. She is not complacent. She will not be rustling drapery and she will write her name 1,000 times in golden thread if she has to. She will break through the fabric no matter how thick. She is speaking, she is thinking. She is the seams ripping. She is dreaming, she is breathing, she is preaching. The needle will not sew her back there. She will not be silent, be listening, be stitching.”
Another work, “Her Shoes,” by Kayo Peeler, features a found image from a book of a family of four holding hands, a set of baby shoes, and children’s blocks that spell out “Vote.” This piece is designed to reflect that not only was the 19th Amendment monumental in 1920, but it remains important to us today.
“I’m talking about the legacy of passing on the right to vote from one woman to another down the generations,” Peeler said.
There will also be a poetry reading at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at the exhibit where Nelson and other poets will read their works inspired by these pieces.
Other special programs related to the exhibit are:
- A program on “The Passage of the 19th Amendment” at 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, sponsored by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Loveland and the League of Women Voters of Larimer County;
- A program on “Women Artists in History” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, when Linda Osmundson will address the challenges women faced in the fine arts from the 1400s;
“Suffragists’ Fight for the 19th Amendment” at 6-7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, a dramatic retelling of the Suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment, focusing on the 1913-20 years of heated activism; - “Susan’s Dream: If Thee Must, Thee Must” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, with Carrie Lee Patterson portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman play;
- Women’s Night on the Town at 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, when women who were important to women’s history, including Loveland, will be portrayed by reenactors.
For information on these and other events visit https://www.lovelandmuseumgallery.org/art-exhibits/vote-a-centennial-celebration.
LOVELAND, CO – FEBRUARY 8: Artist Kayo Peeler discusses her work “Her Shoes” at the opening for “Vote: A Centennial Celebration.” This work and 29 others will hang at the Loveland Museum through April. (Kate Powell/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
If you go:
What: “Vote: A Centennial Celebration.”
When: Tuesdays through Sundays through April 5.
Where: Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland.
Cost: Free.
More info: lovelandmuseumgallery.org
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