THE NAME HOLDS LAYERS OF MEANING. "PUTTI" REPRESENTS ANGELIC FIGURES, SYMBOLIZING CHILDREN WHO EXIST BEYOND THIS WORLD YET REMAIN EVER-PRESENT. "ORCHARD" REFLECTS A SPACE FOR EXPRESSION; A DIVINE DIMENSION EVER BLOOMING & FRUITFUL. 

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​​​THIS EXHIBIT UNFOLDS IN TWO PARTS: 

[WHILE PRESENTED TOGETHER, PART I & PART II ARE INDEPENDENT WORKS, EACH STANDING ON ITS OWN.]

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PART I DIVES INTO THE ARCHIVES, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION PRESENTING PHOTOGRAPHY & MEMORABILIA PIECED TOGETHER TO DEPICT A TIMELINE OF EARLY MOTHERHOOD

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PART II, IS A FICTIONAL SHORT FILM FOLLOWING A MOTHER WORKING AS A MIME, DEMONSTRATING THAT SILENCE—BOTH HER OWN & THAT OF THOSE GONE—HOLDS VALUE, SIGNIFICANCE, & GREAT POWER. WE EXPLORE HER CHILDLIKE WONDER AS SHE CHALLENGES THE STATUS QUO IN THAT NOT ALL GRIEF MUST BE SORROW.