NONA closes

So, as NONA winds down this weekend with the graduating 2012 class at Santa Fe University of Art and Design recieving their diplomas Saturday morning, here's a quick visual recap!

5 of NONA's 9 artists-- left to raight:

Daisy Quezada, Anna Ryan, Karen Belton, Michelle Eckert, Jared Schmock,

and faculty advisor, Susan York.

Wall text for I, MOM

"In Memory of Mothers

In 2011, 24 out of every 100,000 children born in the United States lost their

mothers in childbirth. The Center for Disease Control lists 2/3 of those maternal

deaths as "entirely preventable," a result of inadequate care, oversight, and

negligence. The 640 lives unnecessarily lost prompted Amnesty International to

label the maternal death rate in the U.S. a crisis.

The 640 dolls gathered here represent the 640 women who needlessly died

giving birth last year."

Ground view of all 640 dolls and wall text.

Detail of the white/pink section of dolls.

Red section detail.

Red and black dolls detail.

Daisy Quezada, Anna and Madilynn Ryan (that's us!) and Anna Harney in front of the 640 dolls.

NONA's opening night and subsequent 2 week run went great--Santa Fe's community turned out in droves and reception to the work of the individual artists was warm. Thank you to everyone who made it to the show--and who made the show possible!