Shoes: Storytellers of Our Lives
September 20 – October 18, 2025
Kokol Gallery
Reception TBA
Our nation was once known as a melting pot, accepting people from all walks of life. It has now become one of hardened hearts and closed minds. How can we return to open dialogue without name calling and judgement? We learn to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Shoes: Storytellers of Our Lives is a traveling exhibit of shoes accompanied with stories written by the shoe owners. These stories, translated into glass represent our common humanity. The result of using the pâte de verre technique lends to an added feeling of fragility, another reminder of the importance of honoring and holding space for others.

Flip Flopped

Graduation Day

Sliced

Miles Beyond

Women’s Work