Artist collects gloves for art project

WILMINGTON — When things come in pairs, usually one is useless without the other. A local artist says that’s not the case for lost gloves.

Dixon Stetler is collecting found gloves for an art project that will be displayed at the Cameron Art Museum in the spring.

She has 26 drop-off sites throughout Wilmington and is accepting any and all gloves that people find lying around.

Stetler guesses she’ll need about 1,000 gloves for the final project and has about 150 so far.

Stetler said, “The thing about gloves, there’s something universal about gloves. It’s like the lost sock in the dryer. Everybody has an experience with losing a glove and once you lose a glove, the other one is redundant, you can’t do anything with it. What’s the point of protecting one hand? So you throw it away and buy more gloves and so this is my response to that.”

Found Glove Project has 24 drop-off sites:

Cameron Art Museum
3201 South 17th Street

Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market
5329 Oleander Drive

Bottega Art and Wine
208 North Front Street

Daughtrey’s Old Books
22 North Front Street

Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess Street

Wabi Sabi Warehouse
19 North 9th

The Dance Cooperative
118 South 17th

Acme Art Inc.
711 North 5th

Make Art
6005 Oleander Drive

The Village at Greenfield Family Resource Center
1400 South 11th Street

Dreams of Wilmington
515 Ann Street

Era Furniture and Art Gallery
523 South 3rd

4th Street Herbs and Grocery
1125 North 4th Street

Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
255 North Front

WHQR
254 North Front

Folk’s Café
1201 Princess Street

Flaming Amy’s
4002 Oleander

Dillon’s Grocery
214 Southern Blvd

Lady of America
5226 S. College

Stevens Hardware
1831 Dawson

Harley davidson Carolina Coast
6620 Market

The Juggling Gypsy Café
1612 Castle Street

Cape Fear Wine and Beer
106 North Water Street

School of Learning Art
216 Pine Grove

For more information on the Found Glove Project, Contact Dixon Stetler 520-4546
dixonstetler@gmail.com