HER FLAG // Marilyn Artus
https://www.instagram.com/herflag2020/
Exhibition opening + artist reception // Thursday, June 11th 4pm-8pm
Exhibition ends // Sunday, July 5th
Her Flag is a nationwide art and travel project created by artist Marilyn Artus to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the 72 years long nonviolent fight that kicked open voting for women in the United States.
Marilyn is collaborating with a woman artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law to create a HUGE 18 x 26 foot flag. Each artist created artwork inspired by this anniversary that Marilyn turned into a stripe. Marilyn is currently traveling in order of ratification to each state and in a public performance, stitching each stripe onto Her Flag.
The culmination will be a new flag sewn as a thank you and a love letter to the states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law.
This project is about moving forward. This project is not about Democrats or Republicans. It is about Americans. It is about celebrating an important anniversary in our history. And it is about evaluating how we can encourage more women to participate in their democracy.
The year 2020 will be a presidential election year. It will be a tough year full of negative politics. Marilyn’s hope is that all who participate or witness this project will have a moment of pride and a respite from the political mayhem that is sure to be swirling around us in 2020.