El Traje de Ninfa

Adriana Chavez
"El Traje de Ninfa", 2021
Artist's maternal grandmother's pink suit, found writings and her personal objects, plastic, red roses, embroidery thread, safety pins and bubble wrap
Courtesy the artist

A Common Thread
April 2, 2021 - August 2, 2021
Curated by Ashanti McGee
In partnership with the Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional programs are funded in part with support from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Image description: El Traje de Ninfa by Adriana Chavez
A woman’s pink suit hangs on a wall. It is decorated with handwritten letters and other personal objects such as dinner utensils and a cuticle trimmer, doilies, safety pins, plastic, and bubble wrap. Dried red roses hang stem-up from the bottom of the assemblage.