Share your Story
Stories matter
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in some way, and our project is working to ensure that those who have suffered the most are centered in our efforts to tell stories about this time.
We invite you to share your experiences in any format that makes sense to you. That could be writing, photos or images, recording yourself talking, or we could have a conversation via email or phone.
Your stories will be interpreted by an artist or designer who will make an image inspired by what you share. You are also welcome to create a design yourself, or collaborate with the artist directly.
Your privacy will always be respected; you are able to remain anonymous, remove your story from participation at any time, and you will approve the final design.
Once the design is finalized, it will be handed off to one of our volunteers to stitch.
Thanks to funding from the City of Boulder, we can offer a $25 honorarium to storytellers who reside in Boulder. This is intended to support the time of folks who have lost income, financial resources, or other types of financial support during the pandemic.
You can share your story via this google form or email it via our contact form. If you would like another option, get in touch via email to discuss. At the moment, we have limited capacity for large files, and we are working on alternatives to google!
Example:
Carolyn Kerchof came to a community stitching session at the Museum of Boulder in 2020. She wrote a book about both her experience during COVID, and interviewed others through her project “Boulder Covid Stories” a book she self-published (cover pictured above). She started a block, but life circumstances prevented her from finishing it. Utilizing both excerpts from her writing, the design and layout of the book (collages by Jessica Moon Bernstein), and additional details shared via conversations, I (Heather) created a design to complete her block. Click over to the ‘Create Design’ page to see the beginning sketch and resulting pattern. Click over to the ‘Volunteer to stitch’ page to see her block, stitched by my mother.