#howmanymore

#howmanymore? is made from appliqued images of AR-15 rifles arranged in a circle and lettering cut from black cloth among appliqued red poppy blossoms cut from printed cotton. It is machine quilted. Created in 2018, the year when annual school shootings in the United States reached peaked at 24; it memorializes the victims of this violence while capturing grassroots protest against lack of gun control, which gained support and momentum through social media.

This quilt was created by Latinx artist Sylvia Hernandez, who works in her home studio in the Williamsburg neighborhood area of Brooklyn. Trained in drawing and painting at the High School of Art and Sylvia, Syvlia Hernandez taught herself how to quilt two decades ago. Her work wrecognizedoginized within quilt and fiber art circles for its strong imagery andcraftsmanshiptmanship, as well as how it addresses community and human rights issues. President of Quilters of Color Network in New York City and an art teacher at El Puente AcaPeace andPeace and Justice, Sylvia Hernandez's work encompasses her need to work toward social justice while reinforcing deep familiar ties across the Puerto Rican diaspora.  Her recent solo exhibition at the Textile MMinneapolisneappolis, Sacred Innovations (January-March 2021) and the acquisition of three of her quilts by Spike Lee demonstrateinterestintereset across the art world. #howmanymore? will be featured in the upcoming exhibition Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories.