Marge
Judy
Jossie
Nancy
Hilda
All pieces are 16x20" single-layer woodcuts printed on 22x30" cotton rag paper
Accompanying text:
Champaign-Urbana is a bustling city filled with scholarship, families, and students. Here, hundreds of groups merge as one. Yet, there are hidden communities, including those in residential living facilities, whether for independent living or intensive care.
Residential living facilities provide autonomy for those wishing to live independently and can also lift responsibilities from family members for individuals with intensive care requirements. Yet, these communities often remain socially isolated, with no regular connection to the local community besides what visiting family members can provide. This social isolation far too often leads to inadequate care and neglect.
A residential home does not remove familial bonds; it changes them. Many families cannot visit their loved ones every day. An inability to visit and advocate for your family member in a facility should not preclude them from receiving the same quality of care as others who regularly receive visitors.
Taking the time to connect and learn from those older than us is essential; multigenerational relationships present a cyclical pattern of love, care, and support among each member, regardless of whether DNA is shared. Residential homes are filled with people with profound life experience, wisdom, grace, and more stories than thought possible. Take the time to create and foster connections, and you will be amazed at what you learn.
I hope this collection of woodcuts inspires commitment to inclusion, dedication to compassionate care, devotion to recognizing elders as equal members of our community, and strengthening our own intergenerational bonds.
Jossie detail
Marge detail
Hilda detail
Hilda detail
Marge detail
Judy detail
Nancy detail
Hilda detail
Judy detail
Jossie detail
Judy detail
