Mary Vaneecke

This Progress Report was updated

March 1, 2023.

We did it!!! We have made more than 20,000 little elegies, one for each American baby who dies before their first birthday each year.  Click here to see close ups of each panel (this will be updated in full this summer).

We have raised $1000 through our fiscal sponsor and are now eligible to raise funds for advocacy events, installation materials, and shipping crates.  Several grant proposals and corporate sponsorships have been submitted or are in the works.

The Mourning Project is now a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Mourning Project must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Make your checks payable to Fractured Atlas and send them to Mary Vaneecke, 2000 S Hermosa Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85713.  To donate directly to The Mourning Project via Fractured Atlas using your credit card, click here.  

Panels completed and ready for installation:  185/220.   Here is how the image would look if we installed it today:

For a list of all the wonderful PANELISTS, MAKERS, STITCHERS, click here. Please be patient as I update this. And thank you for your interest in this project.

The Mourning Project is now a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.  Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Mourning Project must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.  Cash donations are not deductible. To make an online donation, click here.   

The Mourning Project is going to the Arizona state legislature for the March of Dimes Advocacy on April 25, 2023.  This event is not open to the public, but you can get a glimpse of the 399 pairs of booties (Arizona’s share of the US infant mortality rate) by clicking on a short video here.

The first complete exhibition of all 20,000 pairs of booties will be on October 21, 2013 at Children’s Memorial Park in Tucson, Arizona!  The March of Dimes – Arizona Chapter and The Center for Compassion are partnering with us on this very special event.  Stay tuned for more details!