Threads That Bind: When The Fabric of Social Culture Unravels
Exhibit On View: September 12 – October 17, 2021.
In-Person Opening Reception: Sunday, September 12, 12:00-6:00pm
On Location: 481 Van Brunt St Brooklyn, NY 11231
I’ll be at the opening on Sunday, please come and art stroll with me.
With ziptie blanket 
Death By 10,000 Papercuts
September Exhibitions: Next
FIF 2021: Future Is Female
On View: September 1, 2021 – September 30th, 2021
On Location: 175 Pearl St, 5th Fl Brooklyn NY
The 3rd annual Future is Female exhibit, curated by sk.Artspace, aims to shed light on black women visual artists who persevered and became activists through their personal choices. The exhibition will highlight women, like me who unapologetically live their lives through action, women who had no intention of being a person of influence, yet raised the bar to lead, even when no one was looking – the “Unsung Shereos.”
JC Friday : I Am My Hair
September 10, 2021 6:00pm – 9:00pm
On Location: Art 150; 150 Bay Street, 2nd floor Jersey City NJ
Of Friday, September 10, I’m hosting my first open studio session in 18 months. Audience participation encouraged. Wrap and hitch knot yarn onto rope to become a part of a hair installation and find a common denominator amongst us all, HAIR.
Inspired by an Object
Exhibit On View: September 10, 2021 – October 15, 2021.
In-Person Opening Reception: Sunday, September 12, 11:00am-5:00pm
On Location: Studio Montclair Gallery. 127 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair NJ
Threads That Bind: When The Fabric of Social Culture Unravels
Exhibit On View: September 12, 2021 – October 17, 2021.
In-Person Opening Reception:: Sunday, September 12, 12:00pm-6:00pm
On Location: 481 Van Brunt St Brooklyn, NY 11231
Recycle 2021
Exhibit On View: September 12, 2021 – October 17, 2021.
In-Person Opening Reception: Sunday, September 12, 12-6
On Location: 481 Van Brunt St Brooklyn, NY 11231
The Social Fabric: Black Artistry in Fiber Arts, An Exhibition in Homage to Viki Craig
Exhibit On View: June 4, 2021 – October 24, 2021
On Location: Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ
FIF 2021: Future Is Female
On View: September 1, 2021 – September 30th, 2021
On Location: 175 Pearl St, 5th Fl Brooklyn NY
The 3rd annual Future is Female exhibit, curated by sk.Artspace, aims to shed light on black women visual artists who persevered and became activists through their personal choices. The exhibition will highlight women, like me who unapologetically live their lives through action, women who had no intention of being a person of influence, yet raised the bar to lead, even when no one was looking – the “Unsung Shereos.”
I have three emotional baggage carts in the show, including my very first, Caution Baggage Cart.
While working on my first shopping cart “Caution Baggage Cart” I was thinking about the people I had lost to Covid and the inability to properly mourn socially distant. I realized I was carrying a lot of emotional baggage related to fear of loss.
The cart needed some wheel repair and rust removal. Once sanded down, I spray painted the cart with gold and bronze paint left over from a previous project. The luscious gold wefts called to Caution tape that I had just foraged from the construction site across the street. I found just the right mix of fabric, paracord and yarns to complete the weave in my remnant stash.
Mini Emotional Baggage Carts
If you do not have space for a full size emotional baggage cart, you might try on a mini baggage cart for size instead.
These will be available for sale during JCFriday …
- Sept 10th, 2021, 6:00-9:00pm
- 150 Bay Street, PH9 Jersey City NJ
Revision & Respond: Inside Look
Revision & Respond at The Newark Museum of Art will be closing soon. For an Inside Look of the show , take a peek at my artist talk.
Inspiration
Shopping sightings carts in the wild, make my imagination wander…
Work in Progress
I have been having surreal time lapsed dreams of making this work since May.
The net/weaving is 8’x6′ and weighs about 100LBs so far and I havent started wrapping beading or pulling zip ties on yet.
Detail View 
Life at the Crossroads 
Caught In the Net 
More layers to come
Getting Rid Of Emotional Baggage
We all carry emotional baggage. This manifests differently for each of us. My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels to dispose of racial trauma and grant access to grace.
My Emotional Baggage Carts are designed to draw people to look within and recognize and dispose of the emotional baggage they themselves are carrying too.
What emotional baggage are you carrying around that you wish to dispose of?
Bottle caps, neon yellow 550 paracord, 200′ neon yellow camo 850 paracord, hollow braided polyurethane rope, solar LED rope lights, recycled Fresh Direct bag and commercial fishing net, zip ties, gold spray paint on recovered shopping cart. Photo by April Tracey 
Bottle caps, yellow 550 paracord, hollow braided polyurethane rope, solar LED lights, recycled commercial fishing net, zip ties, gold spray paint on recovered shopping cart. Photo by April Tracey 
I Can’t Breathe, night view
All Dressed Up, Nowhere To Go
Did you ever play dress up in you parents closet as a child? I did.
This body of work recreates the act of rummaging through my mom’s closet except i went through my own closet and storage unit to rediscover treasures I had squirrelled away.
See this work at Be the Light now on view through until August 22, 2021 at Bridge Art Gallery 199 Broadway, Bayonne NJ https://www.bridgeartgallery.net/
