Add your story to the laundry line.

We all have a story to tell.

Laundry Days are a call for women* to gather, to listen and be heard, and an opportunity to create pieces of visual storytelling that share and reveal stories and experiences of strength, hope, unity, and resistance of oppression, injustice, and exclusion.

*Airing Out the “Dirty” Laundry holds space for all women across the intersections of race, age, color, disability, faith, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, social class, economic class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

The possibilities are endless in terms of how you choose to participate. 

Some women have found that they would prefer to create their piece individually and from home, while others have really enjoyed the experience of connecting with others at a Laundry Day Workshop, either virtually or in-person. 

I am happy to speak with you individually about which might work best for you and/or your group and I am here to support you in whatever path feels right. 

If you are intersted in hosting your own Laundry Day, please contact me so that I can be supportive to you on my end by providing you with some tips and ideas for creating and holding this space with your group.

With love and gratitude,

Andrea

Andrea Downs is a social practice and mixed media artist and educator who has been teaching art in public and independent schools since 2004. She earned her BA and MA in Art Education summa cum laude from Ohio State University. Central to her work is the exploration of identity and the value of relationships and community. She lives with her husband and two children in Baltimore, Maryland where she is the middle school art teacher at the St. Paul’s School for Boys, MS Arts Department Chair, and the Director of TSPS Galleries and Exhibitions.