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Welcome to the story dress site...pieces of her Artist Michelle Loughery is creating unique and inspiring art installations that are made with vintage wedding dresses as the canvas. Bringing to life stories of human resilience, particularly those of women. Each dress embodies a unique story, and we use our digital platforms to share those stories with the world in the most creative way possible. Every art installation we create is intended to be a testament to the incredible strength and perseverance of women everywhere. Read More Art Scarves Soon! ARTIST MICHELLE LOUGHERY the women of Michel DRESS GALLERY Podcast 0 ​A digital clothes line of art installations made of vintage wedding dresses. Loughery engages the viewer in the process ​Through her podcast platform and digital mediums Loughery is providing an unique lens into the destruction and the creation of the art pieces. Providing insight to the women's struggles, triumphs and everything in between. A raw and evocative view at the creation of art installations through a multi digital lens. Hear the ART . . . See the Radio Wayfinder ART Story Dresses and more on AR:T ROUTE Radio Podcast STORY DRESSES STORY DRESSES Play Video Play Video 01:23 STORY DRESSES by Artist Michelle Loughery Trailer to art story dress installations and digital story-telling TESTIMONIALS "Michelle is creating a powerful platform for women's voices to be heard". A brilliant clothes line full of evocative linens and lace in ethereal art experiences. Evocative and magical ....so thought provoking, it feels like the dresses talk... follow to experience the digital destruction and reconstruction STORY DRESSES ART is Life hanging on the line.. Read More "Pieces of Her" is a project that is not only visually stunning but also deeply impactful. It invites us to consider the lives of the women who once wore these vintage wedding dresses and to reflect on the experiences that have shaped their lives. It is a powerful reminder of the importance of listening to inclusive and intriguing women's stories and valuing their perspectives. ​ Lives that were touched by living in the coal dust of a Canadian Coal Town and some that made the journey to immigrate. Many the works also shine a lens on generational trauma, abuse, loss and resilience. In the experience the hope and power of women is celebrated and cherished, as the dresses were. Dresses collected from around the globe connect the feminine threads that tie all women together. Conversations become lines, become work titles, transforming the into the physical space of the gallery, or walls become pages, unfolding narratives populated by objects and materials. The Women of Michel-The Reclamation -Dust on the Line exhibition is a space in which hierarchies collapse, poetry, writing and female personal narratives are combined and meaning becomes a clothes line of collaborative form.The audience lingers throughout the work, in a photographic collage and created art left hanging on the line. In this new body of work a series of sequences are presented; deconstructed art dresses, glass art, hanging photographic collages, table linens, bed sheets, ink, encaustic and traditional paintings are windows into the art.

Story Dresses As an artist, my work reflects the complexities of our past, present and future. My latest collection, the "Women of Michel" series, is inspired by the coal mining town where I grew up and the stories of the women who lived there. Using a cut-up wedding dress, I aim to challenge traditional gender roles and explore themes of renewal, strength, and resilience. The delicate nature of the dress represents the fragility of societal expectations, while the bold and fragmented pieces symbolize the powerful transformations that occur when those expectations are broken. Through this work, I hope to celebrate the courage and determination of the women in my community, and to inspire others to embrace their own inner strength and creativity. My goal with the "Women of Michel" series is not just to create art, but to spark a conversation about the role of women in society and to challenge the status quo. I believe that art has the power to inspire change, and I am proud to be a part of that movement. Michelle Loughery's Women of Michel series is a powerful and evocative collection of installation art that combines digital forms such as video and podcast storytelling with traditional materials like lace. The artist takes a personal and emotional approach to her work, cutting up her own wedding dress to create pieces that explore the experiences and stories of women in the coal mining town of Michel, British Columbia. Through this series, Loughery aims to not only shed light on the forgotten or overlooked narratives of women in this community, but to also challenge and inspire viewers to reflect on the experiences and emotions that they hold close. The intricate lace work and multilayered digital content in this series work together to create a rich and moving tapestry of the women of Michel, capturing the complexities of their experiences and making a powerful statement about the power of renewal through social inclusion.

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The Full Story This collection of work is honour of her mother, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins and the women of Michel....their story in pieces . ​ The dress that represents hope and love, the bare canvas of life. ​ Piece by piece that silk canvas is morphed and cut away revealing layers of the life and loss, the joys and the tears, that like the threads of a fine embroidered pillow case stand the test of time in the feminine story of the art of life's work well done. ​ The art installations and art podcast of acclaimed Muralist Michelle Loughery are evocative and emotional. The deconstruction of the reclaimed vintage wedding dresses reveal much in the the layers she removes from the layers of lace and silk. ​ Found objects release the unseen and create emotional dialogue with the viewer and origin of the dress. The inspiration of the installation and podcast story series is deep within her own coal mining community roots and the small rural town. Michel B.C., that she was named after. In Loughery's global world there was a found connection that seemed to always tie back to the connection of the coal. ​