Sloth

FRIEDA has a new, BIG, yellow, mellow, SLOTH relaxing above our entryway.

This large-scale collaborative installation is the surprise culmination of a 10-month-long project of FRIEDAcommunity. Composed of hand-strung disposable cutlery by volunteers, who gathered weekly around our community table (and were unaware of the final form), and assembled by artist P.W. Prichett, SLOTH invites delight, laughter, and a bit of the ridiculous and the absurd.

Join FRIEDAcommunity for a joyful celebration of creativity, connection and the unexpected magic that happens when people come together to make something beautiful. Like SLOTH, FRIEDA’s large-scale participatory art projects include everyone and invite collaboration on installations designed to inspire wonder and delight community members and visitors alike.

THANK YOU to P.W. Prichett for 1000+ hours of creative volunteering. Mark, for sharing his construction and engineering skills without whom this installation would not be lounging comfortably. THANK YOU to all the volunteers who participated during the past 10 months: Alicia, Alix, Annie, Barbara Go., Barbara Gr., Beatrice, Carole, Carol M., Carol S., Charlotte, Chris, Coco, David, Deborah, Donna, Eleanor, Ellen Ra., Ellen Ri., Fran, George, Gina, Iris, Joy, Karin, Laura, Laszlo, Linda, Lynn, Madeleine, Marta, Mary, Mary C., Maverick, Marylea, Maxine, Margaret, Marika, Martine, Michael, Minda, Myra, Patricia, Raeba, Rebecca, Rechelle, Sabrina, Sally, Sandra, Sara, Scott, Thom, Valerie, Wallis, ...and a special big THANK YOU to Martha for your commitment and enthusiasm, Anthony for always offering a helping hand or two, and Steve and Silvia, two new friends from North Carolina on a road trip who stopped to lift SLOTH to its temporary habitat!

About P.W. Prichett
Artwork by RISD alum and native New Yorker, Pamela Prichett has been featured in The Provincetown Fine Arts Museum; Museum of the City of New York; and the i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ. She has had solo shows of her paintings in New York City and Philadelphia. Her work has also appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Los Angeles Times. Her children’s book, Downward Dog with Diego, was published in 2016 by Blue Apple Books. Prichett’s work, which spans a variety of mediums, reflects a sense of humor, an affinity for nature-based forms, and an approach centered on imagination and play.Pam is the creator of STUFFED, an immersive and collaborative art project whose growth and community-driven approach laid the foundation for what became FRIEDAcommunity’s outreach program.

About FRIEDAcommunity
FRIEDAcommunity is a not-for-profit whose mission is to foster genuine connections between people of all generations and all social, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds through arts, culture, food and shared experiences.

FRIEDAcommunity Art Project by P.W. Prichett
June 2026 – September 2026
FRIEDA 320 Walnut Street