Collection: Grateful Turnout

As a tribute to first responders,  Grateful Turnout: A Public Thank You to First Responders is a large-scale public sculpture which continues Davis' exploration of memory, labor, sustainability, and transformation. This project builds on Sherry's recent works Harvesting Memories in Blue and The Woven Gate. In those sculptures, she employed upcycled and reworked waste materials along with traditional fiber arts techniques to engage and enhance landscapes and communities throughout Eastern Long Island. Grateful Turnout will do the same with some changes. Among the most significant changes will be that instead of using waste denim, the new work will utilize decommissioned fire hose and discarded first responder gear.