may 6, 2025
By a Thread :: Downtown Saint Paul Stories is a 2025 creative collaboration between Saint Paul Parks & Recreation, Saint Paul Downtown Alliance, and me, local artist & lifelong Saint Paulite Katie McNamara Howie.
Created at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, by_a.thread captures living history of the Twin Cities community in the 21st century. The original Thread can be viewed in its entirety at:
https://www.katiehowie.com/byathread/pandemicstories
Photo courtesy Therese Gales of Catholic Charities Twin Cities
In 2025, by_a.thread will explore what it means to live, love, work, and visit Downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. The goal is to convey:
1. We are all connected by a thread, and
2. Celebrating this fundamental connection nurtures our sense of community Downtown and throughout Saint Paul.
The project will feature a wide variety of Saint Paulites from all walks of life from June through August 2025 right here and on social media. In addition, I'll be capturing Downtown events through my camera lens and unique storytelling over the course of the summer. To cap the project off, there will be an exhibition (!!!) in September… Details to come!
by_a.thread :: downtown saint paul stories is going to be a lot of work and a lot of fun. I hope you'll follow along and share this page and the project with your communities - Because we’re all connected by a thread…