My Mother’s Garden
Stowe artist Marcie Scudder’s installation “My Mother’s Garden” likewise explores women’s relationships and intergenerational knowledge. According to its label, Scudder’s mother, a Holocaust survivor, planted a large garden as an act of healing; the artist inherited it and now maintains it on her own. She has cut, folded and sewn her photographs of plants into garlands of geometric paper flowers that drape down from the ceiling like bougainvillea. Yet we never really get a full picture of the landscape. The work references the craft traditions and gardening know-how that are commonly passed from mother to daughter — but also easily lost.
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Seven Days - Arts and Culture Review
28 October 2026