JULIA TUTTLE - THE MURAL
HistoryMiami Museum is partnering with PLY-Miami and will exhibit Julia Tuttle The Mural in July. I recently responded to their request for a story describing my processes as an artist and Director of PLY-Miami, during Covid. You can read my story HERE.
Julia Tuttle The Mural is underway! On 12-29-2020, members Gina, Stephanie, Dana, Irene, and Pamela met at FIU-MBUS on Lincoln Road to project the image onto cloth. In no time at all, our team work paid off. Great work, everyone! Thank you Colette for opening the gallery for us!
We are honoring the only woman who has ever founded a city in the USA. In 1896, Julia Tuttle was not allowed to vote by virtue of her gender, and yet she birthed this city. The mural will be exhibited for the 125th anniversary of the CIty of Miami in summer 2021.
Become a member to be part of this amazing project! Join PLY-Miami today or Donate https://www.gofundme.com/julia-tuttle-the-mural
We are honoring the only woman who has ever founded a city in the USA. In 1896, Julia Tuttle was not allowed to vote by virtue of her gender, and yet she birthed this city. The mural will be exhibited for the 125th anniversary of the CIty of Miami in summer 2021.
Become a member to be part of this amazing project! Join PLY-Miami today or Donate https://www.gofundme.com/julia-tuttle-the-mural
Julia Tuttle The Mural is our visual love letter to the woman who, against all odds, founded the City of Miami in 1896. She is the only woman in the United States who has founded a city. Being a woman, she was not permitted to vote on its incorporation as women did not win the right to vote until 1920. We designed our mural from a black and white source image published in The Miami Herald. PLY-Miami member Stephanie Bickle edited the photo to provide a colorized visual sketch of Julia. In our interpretation, Julia is clothed in a brightly patterned orange floral print dress with a lacy white jabot. She emerges from a verdant tropical jungle of Old Miami with an orange blossom pinned to her bodice, beckoning, "Come Henry, bring us your railroad." He did.
We are knitting, stitching, crocheting, hand painting, and hand quilting leaves and flowers to embellish our textile mural, a 10' x 15' fiber art collage. HistoryMiami Museum is partnering with us to present Julia Tuttle The Mural at its summer exhibition, It's a Miami Thing. The exhibition and our mural coincide with the 125th anniversary of Julia's founding of our city.
To participate in this exciting fiber art mural, join PLY-Miami today.
Or you can help us by making a cash donation to help PLY-Miami buy materials and cover expenses for this significant project. Thank you!
Click DONATE TODAY (below) or use our GoFundMe app here https://www.gofundme.com/julia-tuttle-the-mural
We are knitting, stitching, crocheting, hand painting, and hand quilting leaves and flowers to embellish our textile mural, a 10' x 15' fiber art collage. HistoryMiami Museum is partnering with us to present Julia Tuttle The Mural at its summer exhibition, It's a Miami Thing. The exhibition and our mural coincide with the 125th anniversary of Julia's founding of our city.
To participate in this exciting fiber art mural, join PLY-Miami today.
Or you can help us by making a cash donation to help PLY-Miami buy materials and cover expenses for this significant project. Thank you!
Click DONATE TODAY (below) or use our GoFundMe app here https://www.gofundme.com/julia-tuttle-the-mural
We thank our generous sponsors and donors for their contributions to this historically significant project. Judith Berk King and Stephanie Bickle for their graphic works; Awesome Miami Foundation, Florida International University, HistoryMuseumMiami, and all the creative members of PLY-Miami who are dedicated to making this happen.
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