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Closing This Month
Last chance to see Lady Whistledown as part of the 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence exhibition at New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. The show closes April 30, 2023.
Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ
Inspired By… Natural Dyes
Natural dyes from kola nuts and indigo have been used to make tie-dye in Gambia for generations. But more and more artisans have been replacing these traditional ingredients with imported chemical dyes. Today, Musa Jaiteh is the last artisan in his town in Gambia still using only natural dyes and traditional techniques. For more information on Musa’s fabrics, check out: https://www.africanfabric.co.uk/fabri…
Theda’s Exhibition Schedule
NEW IN APRIL
Theda Sandiford: Rope Making Workshop
April 15th @ 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ Wa Na Wari
Exhibition Dates: April 22, 2023- July 17, 2023
Opening Reception: April 29th
Workshop: April 30th 3:00-5:00pm PST
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS…
Theda Sandiford: Triggered, Truth & Transformation
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
TSGNY Connections
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – April 22, 2023
Location: Ceres Gallery, 547 W 27th Street. #201, New York, NY
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Venus & Serena @ Governors Island
Exhibition Dates: May 5- October 2023
Location: Art Crawl Harlem, Governor’s Island
Free Your Mind: Wa Na Wari Virtual Artist Talk
Date: May 25th 3:00pm EST
Free Your Mind@ MAFA 2023 Conference
Exhibition Dates: June 22- June 25, 2023
Location: Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Triggered, Truth & Transformation @ The Lab
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Finding Treasure in Trash
Hoboken Girl just posted an interview with me about my art practice and how I like to turn trash into treasure.
Read it HERE
Artist Talk 7:00pn Today
I am giving a virtual lecture about my Free Your Mind; Social Justice Art Project.
I am giving a virtual lecture for the Mid Atlantic Fiber Association on tonight at 7:00pm about Free Your Mind.
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share a personal experience with implicit bias to release this story from their personal narrative.
Please join me, registration is Free… HERE
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share a personal experience with implicit bias to release this story from their personal narrative.
Feel free to share your story HERE
Opening Reception for Connections
Please join me for the opening reception for Connections on March 30th from 6-8pm.
Location: Ceres Gallery, 547 W 27th Dt. #201, New York, NY
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – April 22, 2023
My work is…
My work is restorative and transformative. It provides a release from triggers and microaggressions.
Register for Artist Talk Next Week
I am giving a virtual lecture about my Free Your Mind; Social Justice Art Project next week on March 28 at 7:00pm.
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share a personal experience with implicit bias to release this story from their personal narrative.
Please join me, registration is Free… HERE
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share a personal experience with implicit bias to release this story from their personal narrative.
Feel free to share your story HERE
Triggered, Truth & Transformation Solo Show
My solo show, Triggered, Truth & Transformation opens this week in Auburn NY.
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
I will be leading a rope making workshop on April 15, 2023. Please join me
Despite the growing commitment to racial equity, the day-to-day experiences of women of color are not improving. Women of color face similar types and frequencies of microaggressions as they did two years ago – and they remain far more likely than white women to face disrespectful and “othering” behavior.
The weight of these triggers underpins very real consequences… stress, anger, frustration, self-doubt and ultimately feelings of powerlessness and invisibility. These triggers come with a hefty toll of emotional baggage.
Extensions of rope, wrapped, knotted, woven, and embellished with recycled textiles, zip ties, ribbon and yarn, gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about the “respectability politics” of black hair. My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels for this racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of daily microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.