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The Writer’s Center

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4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States Get Directions
Phone 301.654.8664
Website https://writer.org/

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  • SUTRA by Deborah Tomlin

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    In 2022, Deborah Tomlin was diagnosed with breast cancer from a routine mammogram. She underwent treatment, which consisted of three different surgeries including a bilateral mastectomy. In SUTRA, Tomlin chooses to paint her scars and unfamiliar body and to examine the healing process through her art. As Audre Lorde expresses, in The Cancer Journals, “Any...

  • Artist Talk for Deborah Tomlin’s SUTRA

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The title SUTRA in sanskrit means to stitch, to mend, to bring together, to heal. This body of work drew Tomlin to a more abstract approach to painting and drawing including the layering of collage materials and stitching directly on the canvas. Text based on comments by doctors and friends during her treatment is also significant to...