Sail Through This to That

Sail Through This To That is the title for artist Indira Allegra’s new commission exploring the lives of Ona Judge, the bondswoman who styled Martha Washington and escaped to freedom from Philadelphia in 1796, and the Philadelphia trans woman and fashion designer Rem'mie Fells who was killed in 2020. In partnership with Philadelphia’s William Way LGBT Community Center and the Fabric Workshop and Museum Allegra will use 18th century techniques and fabrics reflecting Fells’s vibrant aesthetic culminating in a community-led procession that follows Judge’s escape on the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River where Fells was found. The work will culminate in a display of the sails at Spruce Street Harbor on the Delaware River.