Alexandra Grant’s
LOVE Book
LOVE: A Visual History of the grantLOVE Project documents artist Alexandra Grant’s journey engaging how art can be a power for good!
Over the last 14 years, the grantLOVE project has created projects that have supported over 20 non-profits and created an incredible community.
grantLOVE x Ellie Middendorf
In this current collaboration with grantLOVE, my goal is to highlight the love that I see in others—in my community, family, and friends, the people I've grown up with who have supported and loved me, and some I have just met who radiate love. This collaboration is not only showing others the love that is present in Nebraska, but it is also a “thank you” to those who have supported me and shown kindness in my life.
For me, love has infinite variations. Love can be family, friends, community. Love can be protecting those who cannot protect themselves. Love can be doing something that may not mean that much to you, but means everything to someone else. Love can be taking a step back to care for yourself. Love can be expressed in your craft, in how you choose to serve others. Despite the different ways love is expressed, it is the one thing we all understand. It is the one thing that brings us all together.
-Ellie Middendorf
Nyamal Gony from Nasir, Sudan
Katharine Schudel from Central, Nebraska
Gary and Kaye Wells
What is LOVE to you?
“Love is putting others first and self second!.”
-Gary Wells from Cotesfield, Nebraska
What is LOVE to you?
“Love is a feeling and emotion you don’t have for everything. It’s a feeling of affection, compassion, and trust toward a person, object, or a hobby. Love is the basic necessity you need for happiness.”
-Andi Plock from Burwell, Nebraska
What is LOVE to you?
“Love is having a heart full of compassion, a heart that knows no bounds. Love is butterflies in your tummy, and love is protecting those you love. Love is forgiving, love is understanding, love is to have hope.”
-Alex Olsen and Eli from Elm Creek, Nebraska
Matilyn Kershner and Mytien Thai
What is LOVE to you?
“To me, love is about loving and caring for yourself and others around you. It also means finding people who bring out the best version of you and being completely comfortable with that person.”
-Mytien Thai from Hastings, Nebraska