A Call To Join : Jennifer B. Thoreson’s The Prayer Glove Project
April 2022
jdc Fine Art is honored to support represented artist Jennifer B. Thoreson’s The Prayer Glove Project by inviting community engagement with the work at the Gallery this April. Thoreson’s project seeks to operate on many planes- physical, spiritual, and emotional.
The Prayer Glove Project seeks to explore the universal act of prayer, transcend limitations of faith, and lend physicality to an invisible gesture. Thoreson initiated this work in response to a request for prayer for a young family in New Mexico whose 4-year-old son, Caspian, suffers from severe seizures. Participants are asked to decorate a pair of white cotton gloves with repetitive marks while forming a prayer. The artist, also based in New Mexico, has been petitioning prayers from all corners of the globe. She will use the gloves decorated by participants to create a private installation for Caspian and and his family this July. The materials from this intimate display will repurpose-down and eventually reside in the form of a prayer rug, a photograph, and the raw evidence of commissioned shepherd’s bells.
"At the root, this work is an experiment—a wide reach across the world to search out singular acts of compassion--to gather them, make physical evidence, and curate them into a work of art. This is new territory for me, I’ve never tried anything on this scale before, but I sincerely believe in the heart of this project, the love it can express, and the opportunity it lends for humans to come together and show kindness to one another."
- Jennifer Thoreson.
Two workstations available in April, 2022 during regular gallery hours * to walk-ins on first-come basis. Last seating 3:30pm.
Participation is free. | Ages 10+
Regular Hours:
Wednesday – Friday 11am – 4pm
Saturdays Noon – 4 pm.
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* Planned Absences:
April 21-23 | Gallery Closed
Attending Photo Lucida, Portland
Special Call to Photo Lucida Participants :
jdc will bring a limited number of to-go & return materials to the Photo Festival
Contact us to reserve; find us to pop-in participate.
The Gallery first encountered the Artist’s work via Critical Mass
April 29th : Open 2:00 – 4:00 pm only
Attending Board Meeting : Sitka Center for Art and Ecology