“Why should we continue to be poor when it is possible to use the infinite imagination which is our HEAD and our HEARTS!” -Bertrand, France

Lori Nelson has been documenting recession-era stories in souvenir form, painting stories of foreclosure, shame, swindling, and failure on pine plaques.  Inspired by Studs Turkel, her project is a people’s history, a folkloric look at our habits and emotions during a crisis, with the aim of memorializing these intensely personal stories for ourselves and for future generations.

Thanks, Rayna!

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