Woven Together Community Landscape Collaborative Art Project
Woven Together Community Landscape is a participatory textile installation inviting visitors to become part of a growing communal woven landscape. Through the simple act of weaving, participants contribute their own unique colors, textures, and stories to a collective artwork created by many hands.
Each section of the landscape is woven on a Healing with Weaving frame loom. Some sections are created by a single participant, while others are woven collaboratively by many hands, reflecting the unique stories, connections, and shared experiences that emerge through the process.
Rooted in Debbie Barrett-Jones' Healing with Weaving initiative, this ongoing project explores weaving as a practice of connection, care, mindfulness, and shared creativity. Since 2021, more than 100 participants have contributed woven sections, creating a collective record of place, memory, and community.
Visitors are invited to sit at the looms and add their own woven elements to the installation. As the artwork continues to grow, it becomes a living landscape shaped by individual contributions and shared experiences.
Woven Together Community Landscape celebrates craft as a universal language, one that brings people together, encourages participation, and creates meaningful connections across generations and backgrounds.
Woven Together Community Landscape Participants
Emily Akins | Patrick Alexander | Kelli Austin | Georgie B. | Debbie Barrett-Jones
Matthew Baumann | Lori Bennett | Morgan Bennett | Peggy Bennett | Elaina Boudreau
Kristen Bowlin | Rebecca Boyd | Larkin Bowlin | Jillian Buckley | Mary Burian
Mary Carey | Hilary Cole | Karen Colston | Maria Conley | Lori Cox
Christina Jean Craig | Poppy Di Candeloro | Anna Diep | Lindsey Doolittle
Fiona Dougan | Mitch Durr | Barb Flett | Annie Fischer | Kari Flynn | Sophie Froneoeur
Maria Fry | Emily Gaul | Carly Glaze | Andrea Glinn | Sadie Goll | Joz Garsow
Lilly Habel | Kelsey Harkins | Shelby Hawkins | Emily Herndon | Bailey Herzberg
Jane Holmes | Tiana Nanayo Kuuleialoha Honda | Allie Horner | Stephanie Hudson
Tuhina Janssens | Kanishka Jayanetti | Ed Jenkins | Lyndsee Johnson
Sarah Johnson | Cora JonesSara Keenan | Audrey Knight | Grace Kruer Doyle
Anne-Marie Krull | Ina Krull | Madeleine Krull | Ivy Lane | Kongmong Lor | Salem
McAnany | Kylie McConnell | Gabriel McGrath | Tim McDonald | Kathy McLellan
Lily Mehlman | Wendy Mellon | Eryn Minor | Ethan Moore | Hayden Moore
Jason Moore | Michelle Moore | Jordan Nations | Kara Nedvar | Michelle Newcome
Lucas Nguyen | Maurice Olin | Richard Ouk | Ashley Perrin | Kelly Pratte | Paige Price
Jennifer Reinhardt | Jesse Reusch | Sandra Rodriguez | Cydney Ross | Wanda Shafer
Barbara Starrett | Cameron Stewart | Kelly Stindt | Ivy Tompkins | Aurelio Vaz
Lauren Vossen | Dejah Wake | Marta Watters | Bo S Weisenberger | Kaitlin Welch
Josh Wendell | Kathryn Wilkins Kypke | Erin Wilson | Vilan Vu
Zezah Xiomara Citrine | Melanie Yearta
Woven Together
Debbie Barrett-Jones
June 25 – July 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 25 | 5–7 p.m.
Greenlease Gallery
Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO
Gallery Hours:
Thursday, Saturday & Sunday: 1–5 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Closed July 3–5 | Reopens July 9
Weaving Together with Debbie:
Saturday, June 27 | 1:30–3 p.m.
Friday, July 10 | 10–11:30 a.m.
About the Exhibition
Woven Together is a participatory textile installation and exhibition presented in collaboration with Rockhurst University’s Greenlease Gallery. The project transforms the gallery into an active weaving space where visitors are invited to contribute directly to a growing communal landscape textile.
Rooted in Debbie Barrett-Jones’ Healing with Weaving initiative, the installation continues an ongoing exploration of weaving as a form of connection, care, and shared authorship. Since 2021, the project has welcomed more than 75 participants whose individual woven contributions form a collective record of place, memory, and presence.
Within the gallery, frame looms are available for visitors to add their own woven sections to the work. As the piece evolves throughout the exhibition, it reflects a living landscape shaped by many hands rather than a single author.
Presented in the lead-up to global cultural events in Kansas City, Woven Together emphasizes the role of craft as a universal language—one that invites participation, slows time, and creates connection across backgrounds and experiences.
Visiting Information
Greenlease Gallery is located on the campus of Rockhurst University and is free and open to the public during gallery hours. Visitors are welcome to attend exhibitions, participate in workshops, and engage with the installation throughout the run of the show.
Woven Together Community Landscape Collaborative Art Project Pop-Ups
Throughline: At the Loom by Debbie Barrett-Jones
June 7- December 19, 2026
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
2012 Baltimore Ave
Kansas City, MO 64108
Open Hours: Wednesday - Saturday | 11am -5pm
Heart of the Nation
June 30 – July 19
IKEA Merriam
6000 Ikea Way, Merriam, KS 66202