Lanesboro Arts presents “Home: Exploring, Mending, Reimagining”, a quilt exhibition showcasing community embroidery and quilt project led by Cecilia Cornejo. The show opens on Saturday, January 29th with an artist reception from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.; the show runs through March 20th. There will be live music and remarks from Cecilia Cornejo and community members. Come on out for a celebratory evening of art and community! Masks required.

Home: Exploring, Mending, Reimagining draws inspiration from audio testimonies recorded by Lanesboro residents in collaboration with filmmaker and artist Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo. Cecilia came to Lanesboro, along with her ongoing, multiplatform project, The Wandering House, in the fall of 2019 as an Artist-in-Residence through Lanesboro Arts. A former ice-fishing house turned into a mobile audio-recording studio, The Wandering House offered Lanesboro residents the chance to reflect and record their thoughts on home as well as their hopes for the community.

The current exhibition features the Lanesboro Community Quilt which is based on audio testimonies responding to the prompt “I Know I’m Home When…” These audio fragments were subsequently embroidered by 25 community members—artists and enthusiasts alike—working
in close collaboration with Cecilia in the fall of 2020. More recently, over summer and fall of 2021, these fragments were thoughtfully arranged by Renee Bergstrom, Heidi Dybing, and Cheryl Lamont into the quilt you see today.