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Great Resignation: Emotional Baggage Cart is being installed in the gallery at Novartis in East Hanover.

Im curious to see what emotional baggage is left behind in my cart by the employees of this the pharmaceutical company…

Exhibition Dates: February 28- March 28

Location: Novartis, One Health Plaza, Building 434 Gallery East Hanover, NJ

Opening Reception: February 28th, 12-2pm

Closing Reception:  March 28th 6-9pm

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Register for Free Your Mind Art Talk

I am giving a virtual lecture for the Mid Atlantic Fiber Association on March 28 at 7:00pm ET 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

And feel free to share your story HERE

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Donate Old Teddy Bears

Do you a have much loved stuffed bear that you are willing to part with?

I am looking for used Teddy Bears of all sizes and condition. I need lots of bears for an upcoming installation.

I will be mummifying each bear with yarn and upcycled textiles preserving the integrity of its inner child.

I can accept drop offs with the doorman for Sky Garden Gallery at 150 Bay Street, Jersey City. Or I can arrange to pick up any donations on Fridays, evenings and on the weekend.

Please comment or DM me to let me know if you have any bears for me. Thank you!

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Save The Date: Triggered Truth & Transformation

I’m getting a new Free Your Mind net ready to collect microagressions for my upcoming solo show, at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn NY

Exhibition Dates: March 25 to May 28, 2023

Location: Schweinfurth Art Center

Artist Statement:

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.

More details to follow on the opening and community engagement events… I hope you will be able to join me

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Inspired By: Sopheap Pich 

One of my favorite things about the Textile Study Group of NY is it’s guest speaker series. Each month a different artist presents images and shares about their art practice.

This month Sopheap Pich, Cambodia’s most internationally prominent contemporary artist in the global art world spoke about his art practice. He is known for working with local materials such as bamboo, rattan, burlap from rice bags, beeswax, and natural pigments gathered from around Cambodia and for creating sculptures that are inspired by bodily organs, vegetal forms, and abstract geometric structures. 

I found the knowledge he shared about processing bamboo his sculptures educational, especially as I catalog the natural resources available to me in St. Croix. Lots of ideas are percolating.

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Dark Matter: Artist Talk!

Saturday, February 11th 6-8pm please join ARTNOIR in an artist-led talk and tour to celebrate the closing of DARK MATTER at KATES-FERRI PROJECTS 561 Grand Street NYC.

“A Conversation Among Peers” 

Led by Jamel Robinson, Theda Sandiford, Rudy Shepherd, Jairo Sosa, Roscoè B. Thické II and Natalie Kates-Ferri

RSVP: hello@artnoir.co