Argus Nest / Closeup of collage-painted surface at Artica. Collaboration with Lezlie Silverstein, 2004. If these walls could speak, their story be always changing. I love to use art and language to shape and shift an environment. A few proven guidlines for me ~ either by invitation or permission, or easy to remove / non-damaging. [...]
Born into Color: an Installation at The Community Arts and Movement Project, July 2010 The show, during CAMSTL’S Open Studios 2010, included paintings, drawings, and sculptures created during project residency at CAMP from April 2009-June 2010 when I lived and volunteered as the Events & Outreach Coordinator. My residency goals were to broaden my perspective, [...]
Ghettomorphosis / Closeup of interactive sand-box with Cherokee street ingredients Galen Gondolfi asked Sarah Paulsen and I to collaborate on a show during Beverlyear – his year of inviting all female artists/curators to program Fort Gondo’s shows. We leaped off from the word, Bricaleur ~ A term introduced by Lévi-Strauss (1962), describing a type of [...]
At top: Incubator (2004)/ Ink and acrylic inside traffic cone Left: Discovery of the Instrument at the See Six States Tower (2004) Center: Collection of unused/forgotten (2002) / Traffic cones in china cabinet Right: The Instrument (2005) / Oil on canvasboard
The Tree of Knowledge of Gooeyville / Oil and collage on canvas (2005) The Living Tree / Community Installation at St. John’s Episcopal Church (2005-2006) The first art I remember making for public consumption was a poster contest that won me a bike in first grade: after a big ice storm I drew a picture [...]