In Recollection, Peggy Diggs has assembled hundreds of glass jars holding objects collected during a lifetime. The printed label refers to how these objects were important to the person. The sign PLEASE ORGANIZE invites visitors to manipulate the jars and participate in their arrangement. The simple act of holding and turning the jar connects the visitor to that person. The project poses questions about people’s relationship to the things that they use and collect. Together these fragments compose a family portrait.

Peggy Diggs has collaborated with many different communities on interactive public art throughout the country. These projects tackle a wide range of subjects. Finding Home, 2003, was a banner project with Deborah’s Place, a Chicago organization that serves homeless women. MakeDo addresses poverty, simple living and making do with less as a positive way of life. It is exhibited in Borne of Necessity at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina in Greensboro, NC. For more information about her work visit www.williams.edu/~pdiggs