Washburn, Carol L

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Title: The Porches of Cabbage Town Dimension: 40” x 70” (W x H) Freestanding exhibit Name: Carol Washburn Program: Art Education Student Contact (email): cwashburn3@student.gsu.edu or carolpaintsgood@yahoo.com  Cell Phone (Cell phone will NOT be published on the website): 678-246-8677 200 Words describing your work: Artist’s statement  “We are not objects to be reduced to mere structures, stripped to our utilitarian purposes. We deplore symmetry, sameness, uniformity.  Our voices resonate of Appalachian folk long before this generation; they gave us depth of soul. They were the ones who toiled endlessly at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, they were the ones who grew cabbages all around us and filled the air with their boiled aroma, giving the town its name. We are the platforms from which lives intertwine, and upon us, we witness the world turn one more time. We speak of what is important, of what is beautiful, of what is cool, of what is humorous. Pictures of us hang from iron mounts, reminiscent of the history of the industrial age and the mill. We are the porches of Cabbage Town. “   Image of your work: These are just the photos that will be mounted on the exhibit.  (photos on next page)  -    

The Porches of Cabbage Town

Georgia State University

Title: The Porches of Cabbage Town 
Dimension: 40” x 70” (W x H) Freestanding exhibit 
Name: Carol Washburn 
Program: Art Education 
Student Contact (email): cwashburn3@student.gsu.edu or 
carolpaintsgood@yahoo.com  
Cell Phone (Cell phone will NOT be published on the website): 678-246-8677 
200 Words describing your work: Artist’s statement 
 
“We are not objects to be reduced to mere structures, stripped to our utilitarian 
purposes. We deplore symmetry, sameness, uniformity.  Our voices resonate of 
Appalachian folk long before this generation; they gave us depth of soul. They were 
the ones who toiled endlessly at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, they were the ones 
who grew cabbages all around us and filled the air with their boiled aroma, giving 
the town its name. We are the platforms from which lives intertwine, and upon us, 
we witness the world turn one more time. We speak of what is important, of what is 
beautiful, of what is cool, of what is humorous. Pictures of us hang from iron 
mounts, reminiscent of the history of the industrial age and the mill. We are the 
porches of Cabbage Town. “ 
 
 
Image of your work: These are just the photos that will be mounted on the exhibit. 
 
(photos on next page) 
 
- 
 
 
 


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