About the Author
My name is Jeremy, and I’m an artist living in Chicago with my partner and our cat, Bobbie. I work in any creative medium that entices me: painting, drawing, language, textiles, collage, and photography. Following life long patterns of displacement and homelessness, my work as an artist explores these experiences, drawing a through-line between the home, the self, creative expression, and personal agency.
My creative energy is largely focused on The Dollhouse Project, which is an evolving project that uses audience participation to explore all aspects of the self through the metaphor of the dollhouse. For a while, I’ve been exploring the attic as a metaphorical and literal space for personal and collective obscured histories, and as a place where the forgotten, repressed, or neglected parts of ourselves reside.
I believe that art is a connection between the self and all of time, history, and human experience. I see it as a deeply humanizing force, whether viewed, made, shared, or experienced.
What is The Patchwork Principle?
The Patchwork Principle is creative philosophy that views our shared, fragmented existence in the modern world as an opportunity to explore interconnectedness, rather than a deficit. It considers anything from housekeeping, mending a garment, and seeking knowledge as essential parts of a creative practice, rather than an aside to it.
The principle asserts that people of all degrees of access to formal arts education and ability should be encouraged and supported in their pursuit of freedom in self expression.
The Patchwork Principle seeks to weave together time, history, and forgotten stories, recognizing that every small narrative is part of the larger tapestry of our shared human experience. A great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last.
Read the manifesto here.