About Me

Lori K. Gordon is a visual artist, writer and teacher and the Founder and President of Six Degrees Consortium, which is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of socially significant art. She also co-founded El Fenn Maroc, a Moroccan non-profit whose mission is to preserve and enhance the visual art traditions of the country. Her work first became known nationally with the acquisition by the Smithsonian Institution of her art quilt The Labat Project. Shortly thereafter she launched The Katrina Collection, a massive body of visual storytelling that told the saga of the largest natural disaster to impact the United States. In 2014, she made Morocco her home and co-founded Marrakech Henna Art Cafe, an art cafe and henna salon located in the ancient medina of Marrakech.

Her work may be found in public and private collections around the world. Private collectors include President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn Carter, ABC's Robin Roberts, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, ESPN's Jon Miller and CNN's Tom Foreman. Public collectors include the Smithsonian Institution, Mississippi Humanities Council, Safeco Corporate Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Kentucky, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Art Across Arkansas, a joint venture of Thea Foundation and William J. Clinton Foundation.

Gordon's work has been featured on MSNBC, CBS, National Public Radio, Christian Science Monitor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, New York Times, Travel Mail (UK), Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden) and in regional magazines and newspapers across the nation. Her work has been featured in several documentaries, including the award-winning Mississippi Son. A prolific artist, Gordon maintains a series of websites and blogs that showcase her many bodies of work. Please click on one of the links below to access the collections. The artist may be contacted at lorikgordon@gmail.com or via Whatsapp at +212 650 85 7378 (texts only).