Art

Delia Harrington is a disabled queer, nonbinary fiber artist, photographer, organizer, writer, and arts worker. They have worked in a nonprofit contemporary art gallery in Boston's South End, and in public art for Boston’s inaugural Public Art Triennial. Their writing can be found in Artnet, ARTnews, Art Duesseldorf Magazine, Observer, The Rumpus, and Boston Art Review.

Delia has never been to art school and is considered “self-taught,” though community-taught would be more appropriate. The original Delia Harrington, their paternal great-grandmother, was not allowed to continue her education after gramma school in spite of being valedictorian, because the family needed funds and educating a girl was less important. She became one of the many Lowell Mill girls, part of the engine of America’s industrial revolution. Later, their paternal grandfather was a bobbin boy in those same mills. Both grandmothers were gifted in the fiber arts, leveraging their skills in sewing, crochet, and other forms of craft like ceramics, baking, and cake decorating to bring joy and style to their lives and the lives of their loved ones, and to help stretch their budgets. Their mother is skilled in cross-stitch, hand embroidery, crochet, and sewing, and often consults on projects.

Fiber Art Data Visualization

The Pain Scale is Bullshit But It's All We've Got series (2025-present)

Inspired by temperature blankets and adapted from a photo of a pattern from LittleSideStitches on Etsy, each entry in the series shows a calendar year, with migraine dates marked in a red color gradient from light pink to deep maroon, from low pain to high, contrasting with a soothing green for days without migraine.

Embroidered Photography

Brain Storm (2026) and Master of Science in Media Advocacy, summa cum laude (2026)

These portraits marry my photography with hand embroidery, using sashiko stitching techniques. Sashiko is a Japanese type of visible mending used by working class people. It is not merely beautiful decoration; it strengthens the garment while cutting down on waste. More than just utilitarian, it is also beautiful; everyone deserves beauty in their everyday lives. As a disabled person, I am perpetually mending my physical and mental self.