ARTIST STATEMENT
The courage to stand exhibits how 1 person having the courage to stand up causes other to the same. It starts with 1 person standing, then 2, then 4, then 8, then there is a enough for an entire woman’s march.
The panels are laid not just to mark different places in time, but also the distance between each panel to notice it will take longer for the 2nd person to stand than it will from 4 to 8. The last panel, a wood burning, reminds us in the protest posters to resist, and to not go back to that silent sitting person who is a ghost like.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jamie Frontiera is a wood carver and photographer. She has been wood carving since 2017, working on chip carving, relief carving, pyrography, and carving in the round. Several of her carvings have placed in wood carving competitions with both Houston Area Wood Carvers and the Texas Wood Carving Guild at their annual shows. Her style reflects a mix of materials, movement, nature and geometries related to it. Her photography reflects both nature and architecture. She was raised in Texas and has a bachelor’s degree from Pratt Institute.
© Jamie Frontiera