Jane Waggoner Deschner
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      • Exhibition Proposal ArtPrize 2021
    • Remember me: handwork
    • Remember me: avid
    • Remember me: Labrador retriever
    • Cross stitched photos
    • the PPE mask series
    • the domino mask series
    • the silhouette series
    • "freedom isn't free"
    • 1000 Photographs
    • the vanitas series
    • mended photographs
    • the a to z series
    • the maxim series >
      • with birds
      • Montana quotes
      • Theodore Roosevelt quotes
    • the garment series
    • the resilience series
    • the symbol series
    • the verso series
    • the conversation series
    • the crazy quilt series
    • the album series
    • the snapshot series
  • Digital
    • the underneath series
    • the fragment series
    • the polka dot series
    • "Her Flag" Montana stripe
    • the hilite series
    • the line-up series
    • the whole story series
    • the combo series
    • the verso series
    • The Anchor Project
  • other media
    • gessoed wedding photos
    • Remember me: installation elements
  • Installations
    • Museums & Art Centers >
      • "Remember me." immersive museum installation >
        • download the exhibition catalog
        • 3-D installation walk through
      • University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
      • Montana State University–Billings, Billings, Montana
      • University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
      • Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
      • Churchill Arts, Fallon, NV
      • Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
      • Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
      • Emerson Arts Center, Bozeman, MT
    • Galleries >
      • ArtPrize 2021, Grand Rapids, MI
      • Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
      • Catherine Louisa Gallery, Billings, MT
    • Artist Residency Studios
  • Press
    • "Remember me" article Billings Gazette >
      • link to Gazette article
    • "Resounds" interview Yellowstone Public Radio. 10.12.22 >
      • link to Resounds broadcast
    • "Remember me. collect" newspaper, La Porte, IN
    • "Photo Finish," American Craft, 2018
    • "Surface Design" magazine article, winter 2014
    • "Billings Gazette" Enjoy magazine, May 9, 2014
    • "Missoulian" newspaper article, May 2013
    • "Fiberarts" magazine article, fall 2010
  • About me
    • Résumé
    • Artist Statement
    • Bio
    • Interviews >
      • Interview with Robert E. Jackson 10.19
      • Interview with Hand/Eye magazine, 09.11
      • Crescendoh (Legato) by Jenny Doh, 04.03.11
  • Contact
We see our personal truths reflected, through photos and words, in the lives of others. 
We are reminded, in this divisive time, of our commonalities.


A family photo, the obituary­ — these record and form a life’s memories.

I began work on the project, Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs, in 2015 to respond to what I experienced as the “caustic tone arising in our country.” Since then, I have hand-embroidered over twelve hundred found family photographs with texts from obituaries written by anonymous family and friends. 

The photographs span the decades of popular black and white photography, chronicling people, places and times. While studio portraits tend toward intentional self-representation, family snapshots often capture random, unintended elements. Obituaries, written by loved ones, are a form of familial self-representation and collective memory. Their shared anecdotes highlight noteworthy aspects of an individual’s life. 

I carefully pair each vernacular photo with obituary text written about a different person. The photos ‘read’ the texts and vice versa, teasing pretension, tragi-comedy and profound truths about the human condition from sentimental artifacts. The effect is both humorous and poignant, weighted by an accumulation of personal stories that span and connect across time and place. The viewer continually shifts their awareness between the facial expressions and vintage styles represented in individual images, the content of the stitched tributes, the details of the stitching, and the overall installation.

This accumulation of collected and remixed memories calls attention to the universal aspects of human experience.
The nostalgia evokes warm positive feelings and reminds us of our social connections.

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NOTE: More information/images of my Remember me. project can be found in many places on my website.
• following this page of hand-embroidered photos are these pages: more Remember me: motto; Remember me: dreams; Remember me: advice; Remember me: handwork; Remember me: avid; Remember me: Labrador retriever
• under OTHER MEDIA are the pages: GESSOED WEDDING PHOTOS; REMEMBER ME: INSTALLATION ELEMENTS
• under INSTALLATIONS, then MUSEUMS & ART CENTERS is the page: "REMEMBER ME." IMMERSIVE MUSEUM INSTALLATION
with links to the 128-page catalog and a 3-D walk through of the installation
• under PRESS are two pages: a Billings Gazette article and the Yellowstone Public Radio interview



  • Home
  • Embroidery
    • Remember me
    • more Remember me
    • Remember me: motto
    • Remember me. dreams
    • Remember me: advice
    • Remember me: collect >
      • Exhibition Proposal ArtPrize 2021
    • Remember me: handwork
    • Remember me: avid
    • Remember me: Labrador retriever
    • Cross stitched photos
    • the PPE mask series
    • the domino mask series
    • the silhouette series
    • "freedom isn't free"
    • 1000 Photographs
    • the vanitas series
    • mended photographs
    • the a to z series
    • the maxim series >
      • with birds
      • Montana quotes
      • Theodore Roosevelt quotes
    • the garment series
    • the resilience series
    • the symbol series
    • the verso series
    • the conversation series
    • the crazy quilt series
    • the album series
    • the snapshot series
  • Digital
    • the underneath series
    • the fragment series
    • the polka dot series
    • "Her Flag" Montana stripe
    • the hilite series
    • the line-up series
    • the whole story series
    • the combo series
    • the verso series
    • The Anchor Project
  • other media
    • gessoed wedding photos
    • Remember me: installation elements
  • Installations
    • Museums & Art Centers >
      • "Remember me." immersive museum installation >
        • download the exhibition catalog
        • 3-D installation walk through
      • University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
      • Montana State University–Billings, Billings, Montana
      • University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
      • Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
      • Churchill Arts, Fallon, NV
      • Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
      • Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
      • Emerson Arts Center, Bozeman, MT
    • Galleries >
      • ArtPrize 2021, Grand Rapids, MI
      • Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
      • Catherine Louisa Gallery, Billings, MT
    • Artist Residency Studios
  • Press
    • "Remember me" article Billings Gazette >
      • link to Gazette article
    • "Resounds" interview Yellowstone Public Radio. 10.12.22 >
      • link to Resounds broadcast
    • "Remember me. collect" newspaper, La Porte, IN
    • "Photo Finish," American Craft, 2018
    • "Surface Design" magazine article, winter 2014
    • "Billings Gazette" Enjoy magazine, May 9, 2014
    • "Missoulian" newspaper article, May 2013
    • "Fiberarts" magazine article, fall 2010
  • About me
    • Résumé
    • Artist Statement
    • Bio
    • Interviews >
      • Interview with Robert E. Jackson 10.19
      • Interview with Hand/Eye magazine, 09.11
      • Crescendoh (Legato) by Jenny Doh, 04.03.11
  • Contact