March 2021 | Big Pink Blanket Update

In September 2019 the Davis Gallery in Austin presented an exhibit honoring Kristin. Big Pink Blanket of Love, an invitational group show that focused on love and community. 60+ artist friends created small 4 x 4 pieces of pink hued art. They were hand-sewn together and framed, a Big Pink Blanket of Love. (While Kristin was going through cancer treatment she often asked her friends and family for strength, and to visualize a pink blanket of love for her.) The art installation eventually to be donated to Dell Children’s Hospital, to raise money for the Art of Giving. Time stood still with Covid, and the Art of Giving donation was delayed for over a year. The Big Pink Blanket of Love. A gift that will now keep on giving. This week I was notified by our friends at Dell Children’s Hospital that the Big Pink Blanket has been purchased by Lina & Matt Flake, very generous friends of Kristin & Wyatt, and major sponsors of Dell Children’s Hospital. They have donated $15,000 to the Art of Giving in Kristin’s honor. This donation will support music and art therapy programs for patients at the hospital. Dell also shared with me that the $25,000 sponsorship level in the Art of Giving will now be known as the “Kristin Peabody Aspiring Little Artist” level. This naming gift will keep Kristin’s legacy in the hearts and minds of all who support Dell Children’s for generations to come. In my heart I see her smile right now. A big thank you to the artists, Davis Gallery, and Lina and Matt Flake for their very generous support. Thank you to everyone who purchased art. Our family is forever grateful for the circle of family and friends who have consistently supported Kristin and our family. We can always feel the love.

August 2019

Six months have slowly passed since we lost my courageous daughter, Kristin Heaton Peabody, to parotid cancer.  I was scheduled for a solo show at the Davis Gallery in Austin this September. I was not ready and the exhibit was rescheduled to Fall 2020. Kevin Ivester, Gallery Director had a plan. In September the gallery will present an exhibit honoring Kristin and supporting her legacy. Big Pink Blanket of Love, an invitational group show that will focus on love and community. 60+ artist friends creating small 4 x 4 pieces of pink hued art. They will be handsewn together into a wall installation, a big pink blanket of love. (While Kristin was going through treatment she often asked her friends and family for strength and to visualize the pink blanket of love for her.) The art installation will be donated to Dell Children’s Medical Center, Art of Giving 2020. The Art of Giving supports music and art therapy programs for patients at the hospital. Ten percent of the exhibit proceeds will benefit the Peabody Fund, and the personalized cancer vaccine initiative at UCSD. In addition to this collaborative quilt, an extended group show focused on love, gratitude, and family will feature original artwork by myself and over twenty other artist friends. A huge thank you to Davis Gallery for their very generous support. The exhibit will open on September 14 from 7 to 9 pm, and run until October 12.  Grateful for the circle of family and friends who have consistently supported Kristin and our family. We can feel the love. Looking forward (wish me luck) to a podcast interview this month with Scott David Gordon, Austin Art Talk, about the exhibit.

Thank You Artists

Lisa Beaman

Rebecca Bennett

Ave Bonar

Marc Burckhardt

Nora McMillen Burke

Ali Cavanaugh

Valerie Chaussonnet

Ryan Coover

Margie Crisp

Laura Daniel

Annie Darling

Faustinus Deraet

Virginia Fleck

Randal Ford

Laurie Frick

Kevin Greenblat

Joseph Hammer

Susanna Harrington

Billy Hassell

Jan Heaton

David Hefner

Elizabeth Hendley

Danielle Ivester

Kevin Ivester

Roi James

Sandra Langston

David Leonard

Nancy McMillen

Elaine Nief

Ellery Nief

Glenn Nief

Raina Nief

Nicole Phend

Andrea Pramuk

Gretchen Reed

Becky Rehder

Kerry Ridley

Debbie Smith Rourke

Jeanine Coupe Ryding

John Sager

Isa Catto Shaw,

Julie Spako

Aletha St. Romain

Lonnie Swanson

Allison Heaton Thomas

Christine Vaillancourt

Sara Vanderbeek

William Wahlgreen

Rachel English Walter

Patricia Ramos White

Sydney Yeager

Sharon Zeugin