Artist Spotlight: Powerful Women Tapestries by Priscilla May Alden

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Down East Gallery is excited to share a new tapestry series from Priscilla May Alden: Powerful Women. 

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Artist Statement

This group of tapestries is about powerful women and where we come from. We are connected to the spirit and strength of our ancestors, including Medicine Women. We are connected to the rhythm of Nature. We are nourished by Mother Earth. We aspire to being strong independent leaders …..voices for change and equal justice.  Ceremonial Dress symbolizes the dancers in ceremonies I saw at different Pueblos. The dancers were so focused and connected to the rhythms of beating drums.  Mother Earth and Earth Daughter I and II are about the connection to and dependence we have on the earth and our responsibility to preserve, protect  and nourish it. Spirit Woman and Spirit Women are about the power we have within us to be voices of healing, creativity, and innovation. ~ Priscilla May Alden

The Powerful Women tapestry series is being exhibited in the barn at Down East Gallery, May to October 2021.