Conceptual Materials Social Practice Artist
Fishing nets.
I buy retired authentic nylon commercial fishing nets for my work. Most nets get approximately 2 years of use before they lose integrity from being torn and repaired too many times.
I find the flexibility of the grid, fascinating. Everytime I look, i see something different in the lines.
My emotional baggage cart in progress on Governors Island asked me to make a Teddy Bear for it so naturally, I complied.
Come see the completed cart at the end of the month and save the date for my Artist Talk on Saturday October 15th at 1:00pm.
Location: Art Crawl Harlem House 406B Colonels Row on Governors Island, NYC
Live Art Demos: August 6 and August 20 from 11a – 3pm.
Location: Governors Island, ArtCrawl Harlem house, 406b Colonels Row
The installation runs through the end of August 2022
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. Later, artist Theda Sandiford will weave these stories into a protective blanket.
Share your Story here
I am almost ready for my solo show at Ivy Brown Gallery, in the Meatpacking District, opening September 8th and running through October 7th.
Save these dates… 9/16 Beer Tasting, 9/23 Artist Talk, 10/7 Closing Party.
Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, New York, NY
I just need to finish 40 mini shopping carts for the show. No pressure or anything… lol
Using industrial materials not common to art in the 1960’s, sculptor Eva Hesse developed a powerful, influential style, attaining widespread fame and dying in the same month of her short, difficult life.
More Eva Hesse work. I am fascinated by her ropes dipped in latex and then hung to dry…
I’ve been stringing bottle cap pearls on cider six packs with polyurethane twine since last year but finally got around to making the hanging structures to this summer.
Back by popular demand, BUTTER seeks to push boundaries by elevating Black artists in the national conversation, promoting equity in the arts and fueling the creative economy. The multi-day fine art fair in Indianapolis will showcase the works of more than 50 Black visual artists from across the country. I’ll be representing New Jersey with my installation “Free Your Mind” and my Emotional Baggage Cart series.
General admission tickets are available for purchase at www.butterartfair.com for $35 (guests 18 and under are free). Preview Night tickets (includes Thursday night access) will be available for purchase for $175.
Thursday, September 1: VIP Preview Night, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday, September 2: Opening Day and Night, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, September 3: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., plus MELT 9 p.m. to midnight
I long been a fan of indigenous Guatemalan weaving, but I did not know that wearing traditional clothing was dangerous up until the end of a 36-year-long civil war in 1996. In the years following the war, groups of women have banded together to sustain themselves and their families through weaving.
Note to self: boiled banana plant stalks are a natural dye for PURPLE.
on how to process the Bamboo in my neighborhood in St. Croix.
Kim Dong-sik is a fourth-generation craftsman making hapjukseon, a traditional Korean fan. These fans date back at least 350 years to the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) and were used by only the royal family and aristocrats. Kim is one of the few artisans making this fan today
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.
Later, your story will be transform from text into speech and incorporated into the next iteration of the installation
