I am a collector of random things
I source my materials in bulk through a network of generous friends and family members. In the finished works, I can identify specific bottle cap styles by the individual who collected them for me.
Upcycling Fiber
I Owe You Nothing…
“I don’t have to walk for you
I don’t have to talk to you
See, I’m not on display
Never was, never will ever be for you”
PREACH, Seinabo Sey. I feel you QUEEN!
Triggered Truth & Transformation: On Tour
Then show may have closed at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn NY but it is still showing at Wa Na Wari in Seattle through July and then picks up at the Krasl Art Center in St Joseph MI .
Triggered, Truth & Transformation
Wa Na Wari
Exhibition Dates: Now through July 17, 2023
Location: 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
The Lab at Krasl Art Center
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Safe Keeping Online Gallery
Held in partnership with 108|Contemporary, Safekeeping, SDA’s 2023 member exhibition, celebrates diverse works that push the evolution of textiles through the use of color, design, process, material, and concept. Juror Anita Fields, selected 42 artworks from more than 375 submissions. From zip ties (thats me!) to native prairie grasses, the exhibition incorporates a stunning range of materials to explore the concept of “safekeeping.” There are 40 artists included in the exhibition representing 26 states across the U.S. as well as three international artists.
See the show Online HERE
If you are in Tulsa OK, the exhibition is on display at 108 Contemporary; 108 E. Reconciliation WayTulsa, OK through July 23, 2023.
New Emotional Baggage Cart Commission
I am pleased to announce that the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh has commissioned a new emotional baggage cart for their collection.
Introducing…
Woebegone: Emotional Baggage Cart
Neon painted recovered shopping cart, waterproof reflective tape and blacklight strip
woven with plastic grocery & newspaper bags, paracord and t-shirt yarn.
42” x 24” x 42”, 63 ½ LBs
I even wrote a poem for the occasion….
Woe Be Gone
Woeful news likes to go viral.
I will not let this despair settle in, like forlorn fog.
I will find something to rejoice.
Convert bad news into cheerful song.
And unshackle this emotional baggage from my spirit.
Woe Be Gone…
Pharoah Sanders, ‘Izipho Zam’ (1973)
Black Women & Blow Outs
I am so grateful to have my bottlecap pony bead braids included in Surface Design Association Spring 2023 online exhibition. Take a look at all the fantastic work included in the show.
Curator Statement
Afterlives, our Spring 2023 Selections Online Exhibition, features artists who consider an artwork’s lifespan before and beyond the moment of creation. Whether material or conceptual, their artistic transformations foreground lived experiences including migration, childhood, disability, and climate anxiety. These artists pull us in close and invite us to connect through shared identities or empathize with those outside our own.
– Destini Ross (she/they), Guest Curator
