I Miss You

Photos & Cakes

2006-06-09T14:59:00.000-07:00

The Arroyo Arts Collective http://arroyoartscollective.org and artist Edith Abeyta invite you to view I Miss You at the Acorn Gallery on Saturday, June 10 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Contribute photographs of women you miss to the installation. A limited edition screen printed poem by Linda Hoag will be exchanged to those who bring cakes, as well as bubbly for all. The Keep-a-Breast http://keep-a-breast.org Silent Auction with work by John Gill and Sophia Pottish, Merry-Beth Noble, Lisa Romero, and Porous Walker will end at 9:00 p.m.

Jayne Carter

2006-06-09T14:54:00.000-07:00

from Shaney jo of Oceanside, California

Mary Rita Alexy

2006-06-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

from Katrina Alexy of Los Angeles, California

Louise

2006-06-09T14:47:00.000-07:00

from Patricia Lee

Agnes, Irene, and Ruth Swarty

2006-06-09T14:43:00.000-07:00

from Patricia Lee

Martina

2006-06-09T14:40:00.000-07:00

from Suzanne Seigel of Los Angeles, California

Mimi Aleimkoff

2006-06-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

from Kim Kaufman of Los Angeles, California

Keep-a-Breast Auction at I Miss You Ends June 10

2006-05-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

Support the wonderful and hard working Keep-a-Breast organization by placing bids on the casts below
email me edith(at)suprememundane(dot)com
(Click on the title of this post to view more photos)
Lisa Romero

John Gil & Sophia Pottish

Porous Walker

Merry-Beth Noble

I Miss You Installation Photos

2006-05-20T10:24:00.000-07:00

Marshall Astor has posted some photos of the installation (click on the title of this post).

I Miss You Exhibition

2006-05-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 13 2006 from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

in conjunction with
Keep-a-Breast Silent Auction
with casts designed by John Gil & Sophia Pottish, Merry-Beth Noble, Lisa Romero and Porous Walker & Carrina DiMarcellis

Bring photographs of women you miss to add to the installation.

Bake a cake and contribute it to reception and receive a limited edition handpulled print of Linda Anne Hoag's poem, "For Maellen".

Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Gilma Neubert

2006-05-12T10:42:00.000-07:00

from Karen Neubert of Los Angeles, California
last seen December 26, 1988

Shirley Schwartz

2006-05-12T10:38:00.000-07:00

from Jean Torre of Los Angeles, California
last seen on June 16, 2000
"The woman in the black and white skirt is my mother. She died in June 2000."

Jaqueline Flechoy

2006-05-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

from Anela Aliotis of Paris, France
last seen June 26, 2005

Marilyn "Shadow" Dammaim

2006-05-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

from Elaine Rounds of Brandon, Canada
"...my mail art friend, I celebrate your creative soul."

Myrna P. Christopherson

2006-05-12T10:26:00.000-07:00

from Eva W. Christopherson of St. Peter, Minnesota
"This woman is my grandmother. I haven't seen her since she died last fall, and I miss her quite a lot. She raised 6 children and was one of the most amazing people I've ever known."

Willie Farrell Beir Gail

2006-05-12T10:22:00.000-07:00

from Mia Farrell of San Pedro, California
last seen April 23, 1986

Louella Mcyntire Beckman

2006-05-12T07:32:00.000-07:00

from Blair Fethers
last seen September 24, 1969
"This picture is of my grandmother, who died at a young age before I was born. I never got to know her, and have heard many amazing stories."

Ann Louise Sullivan

2006-05-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

from Tricia Moran
"My grandma (Ann Louise Sullivan) was an amazing woman. She had diabetes before it was very well known. If I had the opportunity to write an entire book about her, I would still need more room to write.

She worked with Mrs. Knott making pies (but she never got the secret recipe for the chicken!) and the famous boysenberry jam.
Ann went blind when I was about 2 but made my first baby dresses with tiny trim using a jeweler's glass to see the stitches. I still have all of those dresses, and my daughter, Amber, had her 1 month picture taken in one of them."

Mary Margaret Sweet

2006-05-12T07:17:00.000-07:00

from Blair Fethers
last seeen long ago

Carson McCullers

2006-05-12T07:08:00.000-07:00

from Keith Ullrich
last seen January 2006 (when I re-read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter)
photo credit: Louise Dahl-Wolfe c. 1940

Missed Woman

2006-05-12T07:01:00.000-07:00

from Christopher Perry

Teana Prater-Leap

2006-05-12T06:45:00.000-07:00

(photo coming soon)
from Denise Ritter
"This is a picture of my Grandmother. She was born in 1891 and died in 1950. I am the daughter of her daughter, Leata Mae Leap-Ritter."

Aunt Caroline Leap

2006-05-12T06:38:00.000-07:00

(photo coming soon)
from Denise Ritter
"This is my Aunt Caroline Leap. My middle name is for her. She died at age 35, in 1965. She used to baby-sit me when I was a little girl. I have been told wonderful stories of her, though I don't remember her presence in my life, I do remember her in pictures."

Char

2006-05-12T06:33:00.000-07:00

from Annie of Indiana
last seen February 2006
"This is my friend Char, she saved my life in 1984. I last saw her in Feb 2006. I miss her everyday."

Auntie D.

2006-05-12T06:27:00.000-07:00

from Annie of Indiana
last seen February 2006
"I miss her alot, as she lives in Phoenix and I in Indiana. She is a great person!!!"

Family of Women

2006-05-12T06:20:00.000-07:00

from Annie
"This is a picture of my family of women from oldest to youngest. I love you all."

Yia-Yia (Helen Lujan)

2006-05-12T06:13:00.000-07:00

from Eva Evans and Family of Torrance, California
last seen January 2006

Jenny Odel

2006-05-12T06:05:00.000-07:00

from Franklin Odel of Los Angeles, California
"She passed away last September at the age of 92. The picture is mom's graduation picture from Roosevelt High, November, 1930.

Maellen Staub Hoag Combs

2006-05-12T05:37:00.000-07:00

from Linda Anne Hoag of Los Angeles, California
"I miss my mother, Maellen Staub Hoag Combs. I last saw her on October 23, 1984, when she died in my arms at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. My mother died after a fifteen year relationship with breast cancer. Maellen was one of the first to benefit from Tamoxifen.

2006-03-02T22:36:00.000-08:00

I am gathering photographs of women who are missed for an installation at the Acorn Gallery in May 2006. The project originated in September 2003 as a way to address the pangs or aches one feels when a person one loves is not near. Conceived as a small altar and installed at a fundraising event I asked friends for photographs of women they missed. After receiving many profound contributions I gained a new respect for the photographic image, having a context for these photographs gave me a deep appreciation for the picture on the mantle or the snapshot in one's wallet.

To participate send a photograph of a woman you miss to:

imissyouphotos(at)gmail(dot)com

or

Edith Abeyta
1873 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Include your name, the name of woman in the photograph, and the last time you saw her.

Deadline: March 31, 2006

All photographs will be posted on this blog and included in the I Miss You exhibition, May 20 - June 24, 2006 at the Acorn Gallery.

Cast Yourself or Design a Cast

2006-03-02T22:15:00.000-08:00

Keep-a-Breast will be participating in the I Miss You project. They are looking for three women to cast (click on the title of this post to see a casting in action) and three artists to design the casted busts. The busts will be displayed during the exhibition and will be raffled off, all proceeds benefit the Keep-a-Breast organization. Please email me if you are interested.

My Mom

2006-03-02T19:09:00.000-08:00

from Fiel Valdez
last seen midday Sunday, February 26, 2006

Matrilineage by Deborah Thomas

2006-03-01T18:16:00.000-08:00

This simulated quilt is composed of digitally reproduced family photos and a brightly colored baby quilt made for me by my great-grandmother. Five generations of women in my family are represented in this quilt/offering: my great-grandmother, who made the original quilt, my grandmother, my mother, my daughter, and me.

While cleaning out my mother’s house after her death last November, I discovered two suitcases full of family photo albums and photographs that I had never seen before. A number of the photos include my maternal grandmother, Ella Elizabeth Firestone Brooks, who died when I was two. Creating the “quilt” has provided me with the opportunity to sift through photos, memories and feelings, and has helped me especially to get to know and appreciate my grandmother, whom I barely remember.

Ellie, as she was called, was born at the turn of the twentieth century on a farm in Springfield, Pennsylvania, “up the mountain” on Chestnut Ridge, the last ridge of the Appalachians before they flatten into Ohio. She spent her childhood on the farm, where she worked hard helping her mother. To her deep regret, she was pulled out of school prematurely to care for her baby brother Clarence. Soon after, she married my grandfather Hess Lewis Brooks, who grew up on a neighboring farm. When Hess got a job, they moved to town. They had four children --Raymond, Madeline, Gladys (my mother), and Jack – between 1917 and 1934.

My only personal memory of Nana is of standing next to her at about knee-level, a toddler and a stroke victim learning to climb stairs together. Just a few weeks before she died in 1954 she gave me a puppy, Tiny, for Easter. She thought that I should have a puppy because I didn’t have any brothers or sisters. In many of the photos I found of Nana she is interacting with animals or surrounded by family. She was visibly fond of a horse she cared for as a teenager; cats and dogs were daily companions. Three generations later, my daughter also loves the company of animals. My grandmother became a mother at a very early age and appears to have been delighted by her children as well.

Nana showed a particular radiance and grace in many of the pictures I discovered, often in quite ordinary settings – on Sunday outings with her family, feeding the chickens, doing the laundry. Even after she left the farm, her life was shaped by work – she cooked and kept a meticulously clean house, took in boarders during the Depression, and studied to be a practical nurse during the 1940s. She and my grandfather shared an affectionate and devoted relationship until she died at 54 following a series of strokes.

“Because I know that time is always time

And place is always and only place

And what is actual is actual only for one time

And only for one place

I rejoice that things are as they are. . . .”

T.S. Eliot

Ella Elizabeth Firestone Brooks

2006-02-28T22:07:00.000-08:00

from Deborah Thomas of Altadena, California
last seen 1954

Ferruh Alisir

2006-02-28T22:01:00.000-08:00

from Ardic Mimarlik of Istanbul, Turkey
last seen October 2005

Kellie Nelson

2006-02-28T21:56:00.000-08:00

from Andrea Lien of San Pedro, California
last seen July 2004

Jimmie Faye Schafer

2006-02-28T21:54:00.000-08:00

from Ron Schafer of Los Angeles, California
last seen May 2003

Leidia Johnson

2006-02-28T21:51:00.000-08:00

from Ecila Dlobes
last seen 1959

Hortense Singer

2006-02-28T21:49:00.000-08:00

from Myra Gordon
last seen July 2003

Lydia Baldwin

2006-02-28T21:48:00.000-08:00

from Robert Tower of Los Angeles, California
last seen July 1996

Cindy Mochizuki

2006-02-28T21:46:00.000-08:00

from Heather Harkins of Nova Scotia, Canada
last seen two months ago

Emma Hull

2006-02-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

from Charlene Abeyta of North Palm Springs, California
last seen June 1985

Kathryn Bennett

2006-02-28T21:42:00.000-08:00

from John M. Bennet of Ohio
last seen July 2003

Sweetie Pie

2006-02-28T21:40:00.000-08:00

from Jessica White of Los Angeles, California
last seen July 20, 2003

Lori d.

2006-02-27T22:11:00.000-08:00

from Bob K. of Vancouver, Canada
last seen five days ago

Ann DeLoach

2006-02-27T22:10:00.000-08:00

from Laura Splan of Brooklyn, New York
last seen December 2001

Edith June Hull

2006-02-27T22:07:00.000-08:00

from Edith Abeyta of Los Angeles, California

"I never met my grandmother who I was named after."

Tracy Vernelli

2006-02-27T22:04:00.000-08:00

from Lori d. of Vancouver, Canada
last seen 1 1/2 years ago

Lori d.

2006-02-25T14:18:00.000-08:00

from Jacob Gleeson

Theresia Schroth

2006-02-25T14:15:00.000-08:00

from Barbara Landkammer of Los Angeles, California

Julia

2006-02-25T14:11:00.000-08:00

from Allyson Shaw of London, England

"This is my friend Julia who died in August, 1999."

Sarah Cook

2006-02-25T14:07:00.000-08:00

from Lezlie Lowe
last seen August 2002

Teresa Legato

2006-02-25T14:03:00.000-08:00

from Jennifer Walter
last seen Christmas 2004

Bianca Willow

2006-02-25T13:59:00.000-08:00

from Cantrell Maryott Driver

"The last time I saw my daughter Bianca Willow was December 30, 1999. She died in San Francisco May 15, 2000."

Tomomi Osawa

2006-02-25T13:56:00.000-08:00

from Ian Lynam
last seen on December 23, 2004

Marie Miller Yerdon

2006-02-25T13:53:00.000-08:00

from Rebecca Trawick of Fontana, California

Margie G.

2006-02-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

from W.C. "Bill" Porter of Olathe, Colorado
last sen 1978

Sarah Schuller

2006-02-25T13:49:00.000-08:00

from Erin Fox of Los Angeles, California

2006-02-21T18:29:00.000-08:00

from Tricia Burr of Tybee Island, Georgia

Sally Anne Boyle

2006-02-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

from Mick Boyle of Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvannia
last seen December 7, 2002 (the night she died)

Martina Gerard

2006-02-21T18:25:00.000-08:00

from Suzanne Siegel of Los Angeles, California
last seen June 1989

Lydia Woltjer

2006-02-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

from Elea Dumas of South Pasadena, California
last seen July 2004

Nell Gould

2006-02-21T17:52:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen November 7, 2002

Gertrude Gutekunst

2006-02-21T17:49:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen June 17, 2004

Lynne Tokaji

2006-02-21T17:47:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen 1999

Gillan Abercrombie Frame

2006-02-21T17:45:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen November 2003

Eleanor K. Diel

2006-02-21T17:43:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen June 20, 2004

Masumi Kamino Lohrer

2006-02-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen January 2004

Ellen Medici

2006-02-15T20:11:00.000-08:00

from Betsy Lohrer Hall of Long Beach, California
last seen September 2001

Bass Communion - Loss

2006-02-13T21:15:00.000-08:00

Although, the I Miss You project is not specifically about women who have passed away many of the images that have been contributed are of women who have died. The two photographs above are from a photo album that is included with the Bass Communion "Loss" LP. There are no references as to who they are but the woman looks like Gertrude Stein. To find out more about the release click on the title.

2006-02-13T20:56:00.000-08:00

Anne Marie DiMarcellis

2006-02-13T20:54:00.000-08:00

from James DiMarcellis of Napa, California
last seen August 1991

Petula Andre

2006-02-13T20:49:00.000-08:00

from Julia Foster of Wolverhampton, England
last seen April 2003

"We worked together as waitresses at the Jazz Cafe in London and after Saturday shifts she'd hot wire Celeste and we'd find a party in Hackney. We have kept in touch through cards and hope to meet up soon."

Mabel Josephine Manus

2006-02-13T20:47:00.000-08:00

from Kerri Manus of Santa Monica, California
last seen December 1994

Grandma Eqesdal

2006-02-13T20:45:00.000-08:00

from her granddaughter Barbara of Los Angeles, California
last seen May 1964

Mom

2006-02-13T20:43:00.000-08:00

from her daughter BJ of Los Angeles, California
last seen July 2003

Kathryn Ranelle

2006-02-13T20:42:00.000-08:00

from her sister of Los Angeles, California
last seen July 2003

Robin Cecile

2006-02-13T20:40:00.000-08:00

from BJ of Los Angeles, California
last seen July 1994

Helen B. Livengood

2006-02-13T20:38:00.000-08:00

from Molly Springfield of Albany, California
last seen December 2003

2006-02-11T12:33:00.000-08:00

from Victoria Bergald of Rancho Cucamonga, California

Sally Dingman

2006-02-11T12:30:00.000-08:00

from Mary Patton of Topanga, California
last seen in 1966

Susan Adams

2006-02-11T12:26:00.000-08:00

from Susan Baltimore of Redondo Beach, California
last seen November 1995

"These are four of my very closest friends - they all died of cancer in the nineties. Almost every day, I miss them."

Brenda Cummings

2006-02-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

from Susan Baltimore of Redondo Beach, California
last seen July 1999

Alice Hill

2006-02-11T12:23:00.000-08:00

from Susan Baltimore of Redondo Beach, California
last seen April 1994

Karen Garrett

2006-02-11T12:17:00.000-08:00

from Susan Baltimore of Redondo Beach, California
last seen March 1999

Jasmine Lukuku

2006-02-11T12:16:00.000-08:00

from CC Baran of Surrey, Canada
last seen in 2001

Alia Fjeld

2006-02-11T12:14:00.000-08:00

from CC Baran of Surrey, Canada
last seen around August 15, 2003

Marie "Mary" Vespa

2006-02-11T12:09:00.000-08:00

from Linda Yugovich of Northville, Michigan
last seen March 13, 2004

"Enclosed are pictures of my dear mother who I last saw on March 13th when she was laid to rest. I wish for her eternal peace. My heart is forever broken. My mother's name is Marie Vespa but most everyone called her Mary."

Adele Yates

2006-02-11T12:07:00.000-08:00

from Ursula Kammer Fox of Santa Monica, California
last seen May 14, 2003

Viva Ruiz

2006-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

from Andrew Belvedere of Venice, California

Brunella Russo

2006-02-01T14:26:00.000-08:00

from Roberto Scala of Naples, Italy

"I stay and live together for less than one year in Milano in the north of Italy. I miss because she living in Milano and going to Zurizo in Svizzern. It was for me a very deep love."

Stefania Pucci

2006-02-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

from Roberto Scala of Naples, Italy
last seen 1998

"I meeting one day in my place in Sorrento (NA) Italy. I remember I drink together for about 3 months in 1997 to 1998 and stop my relationship. I don't know where she lives now. But was a very important experience for my life."

Lynn "Evil" Pyes

2006-02-01T14:20:00.000-08:00

from Kellie Grube of New Oxford, Pennslyvannia
last seen May 2003

Kim Amo

2006-02-01T14:18:00.000-08:00

from Kellie Grube of New Oxford, Pennslyvannia
last seen April 2004

Bertha

2006-02-01T14:16:00.000-08:00

from Lavona Sherarts of St. Cloud, Minnesota
last seen June 2000

Virginia

2006-02-01T14:14:00.000-08:00

from Eddie Willson of London, England
last seen October 5, 2000 (but not looking much like the above)

Isabel

2006-02-01T14:13:00.000-08:00

from W.C. "Bill" Porter of Olathe, Colorado
last seen 1990 something

Kristina

2006-02-01T14:10:00.000-08:00

from W.C. "Bill" Porter of Olathe, Colorado

2006-02-01T14:09:00.000-08:00

from K. Jeffrey of Portland, Oregon

Lydia (dances naked on the beach)

2006-02-01T14:07:00.000-08:00

from Shmuel of Brattleboro, Vermont
last seen San Louis Obispo, August 1968