alexandra b. arocho
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General Fine Arts, Undergraduate Thesis 2010

I had decided to make this - 5 feet tall by 14 feet wide - two sided  quilt as a reflection upon my time spent in Baltimore.  I realized something about my community in Charles Village that I didn’t have in Bolton Hill.  I realize that in my so-called shady neighborhood, I actually had neighbors that watched out for me very closely and cared for me more closely than before.  I felt welcome and safe because I felt a part of my community.  Where ironically when I lived before in the neighborhood Bolton Hill beautiful and clean as it was, I always heard more news about robberies and dangerous encounters with strangers.  There was this tension about the rich and the poor living with borders. 

In my experience there is a stigma about living in somewhat beaten down areas.  But we have to face what we want to change.  This is why I juxtaposed the two together, because there is “bad” in the good, and “good” in the bad.  

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