L'Merchie Frazier, mixed media artist, quilter, holographer, educator, historian, and poet, creates visual documentation to provide discourse on public memory, human rights, social justice and change. Her life-long journey is "Save Me From My Amnesia" embodied in her series of works: The Quilted Chronicles. She is an award winning artist with works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Smithsonian Institution, and the White House. Her recent work can be found at www.aboutplacejournal.org
Reclaiming, Re-envisioning, Rekeying District Six Much of my work in the series of the Quilted Chronicles revisits the history of reclamation, restoration and the landscape of freedom. In this case, the people, places and events of District Six, Cape Town, South Africa are of major significance and public memory. The interpretation of the events of District Six, the result of… Read more →
Shake the hands. Shake the hands. You come to this life with serious hands Come. Come. Bring the noise of clay language To cities where lost alphabets and exiled hieroglyphs Dance on Potters tongues Shake the hands Shake the hands You come from spirit holes Snails left open to weave Silver thread desires. Clap the hands Clap the hands Justice… Read more →
Circle by Circle by Circle Made a Promise to Myself Breathe Free Speak Truth