25 Million Stitches, a global community art and activism project, was initiated by California artist Jennifer Kim Sohn, in 2019, to visually document the enormity of the number of refugees in the world and to sustain a concern for the refugees in the minds of global citizens. Over 2,300 stitchers participated- from all 50 states and 37 countries. ArtRage will be exhibiting a selection of the nearly 400 muslin panels that make up the project. More than just a visual exhibit, the installation offers an immersive experience that prompts us to confront the realities of displacement on a profoundly personal level. On view during the USA’s 250th anniversary, this exhibition will honor Syracuse’s identity as a refugee resettlement community while also addressing the USA’s current anti-immigration policies.

EXHIBITION SPONSORS: Howard Walsdorf & Marna Bell, Mary Bronner, Diana F. Cramer, Kathryn Davis, Michael DeSalvo & Nick Orth, Margrit Diehl, Dianne Emmick, Ron Engan, Golden Fleece Spinners Society, Marjorie Head, Barry & Barbara Gordon, Ellen Golden, Joe Agonito & Shelia Graudons, Diane Grafly & Paul Pearce, Barbara Inglis, Michael & Laurie Lees, Judy Lieblein, David LoParco, Mary Carney & Jonathan Moe, M.J. & Ron Monsour, Thomas Mueller, Leon & Rosemary Oaks-Lee, Kate O’Connell, Dave Pasinski & Geri Hall, Arthur & Viola Paris, Dave Pasinski & Geri Hall, Harvey & Dorothy Pearl, Jane Pickett, Katherine & Craig Polhamus, Chris Riley & Mark Feldman, Deborah Rose, Alan Rosenthal, Mara Sapon-Shevin, Ann Tiffany & Ed Kinane, Marilee Williams, and Women Transcending Boundaries Refugee Sewing Program.

SEASON SPONSORS: Wendy Bousfield, Joseph Carpenter & Richard Odom, Annemarie Deegan, Therese Deegan, Terry Eckert, Christine Flynn, Gegensatz Press, Michael Greenlar & Linda Bogart-Greenlar, Richard Jaeger, Ann Jamison, Lauren & Walter Melnikow, Diane Murphy, Shirley & Larry Novak, Vince Sgambati, Sharye Skinner, Ron VanNorstrand, Deborah Welsh & Bob Gates, Rosemary Welch & Craig Schlanger, Shaila Wood & Ramesh Gaonkar and Wendy Yost.

SPECIAL BENEFACTORS: Anonymous, Donald Blair & Nancy Dock, Bousquet Holstein, Edgewood Gallery, Karin Franklin-King: In Honor of Mary Kuhn, Claudia Gebhardt, Sam Gruber, Sandra Hurd & Joel Potash, Nancy & Bruce McCoy, Dorothy and Marshall Reisman Foundation, Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead, Carolyn Stark & John Przepioa, and Susan Wadley & Rick Olanoff

SUSTAINING SPONSORS: Walter Putter & Marilyn Smith