Multidisciplinary artist Asa Jackson will discuss his work on display in the lobby of the Contemplative Commons. Titled Daybreak (Dawn of Consciousness 2), the work—composed of fabrics cut and sewn together—explores the cross section of textiles from various countries, time periods, and personal histories, transforming fabric into visual narratives. It draws on inspiration from a site visit to this building, using garments from the construction crew for some of its material, as well as incorporating symbols and ideas garnered from his own practice of meditation. His work acts as an anthropological study of collective and individual human experiences, metaphorically merging cultures, people and places into a symbolically unified composition.

For more on the work, see the description of Daybreak on the Contemplative Commons Art page.

For more about Asa Jackson, see his McColl Center Artist-in-Residence page.

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