In "Roots of Resilience," sixteen artists were selected from a call for applications to design flags that tell stories of hope, strength, and community, honoring the journeys of those who made Philly their home. From textiles to digital art, these powerful flags will fly at Spruce Street Harbor Park from May 22, 2026, to September 7, 2026.
About the Flag:
This flag emerges from a patchwork of fragments from previous projects, utilizing the traditional format of a quilt to treat the flag as a site of memory and personal narrative. The design incorporates assembled fabric patches and painted silk embedded with a monotype, as part of an ongoing research project that uses Google Street View to revisit familiar routes and reflect on the nostalgia of immigration. Highly vibrant and full of movement, this textile banner uses color as a remedy to displacement and a celebration of the transition between past and present.
This flag emerges from a patchwork of fragments from previous projects, utilizing the traditional format of a quilt to treat the flag as a site of memory and personal narrative. The design incorporates assembled fabric patches and painted silk embedded with a monotype, as part of an ongoing research project that uses Google Street View to revisit familiar routes and reflect on the nostalgia of immigration. Highly vibrant and full of movement, this textile banner uses color as a remedy to displacement and a celebration of the transition between past and present.
About the Artist:
Recently settled in Canada after years in Paris, Gachet developed an artistic practice centered on the memory of home and the reclamation of lost spaces. As a textile designer and silk painter, she uses color, pattern, and the fluid nature of silk to transform textiles into sites of narrative and sensory experience. Drawing from her own migration, her work explores the emotional traces of places left behind, honoring the resilience and enduring strength found in immigrant journeys.
