Have a peak at Heights Over Springfield in the TSGNY June Member’s Show and view all the member’s work. I hope you find as much inspiration from looking at these works as I have.
The Baggage We Carry
If you have a car and/or reside in New Jersey, please go visit three of my shopping carts on view at Summit Village Green in Summit New Jersey. You wont be disappointed, the town has cute restaurants and bars and the Visual Arts Center of NJ to fill out your day trip itinerary .
My baggage carts will be on display through May 2022.
Let me know if you want to go and want to catch a ride, ill be going periodically to WD40 the wheels.
Use what you have
” . . . . Do what you can. Use what you have.” –Arthur Ashe
Ribbon and caution tape 
Adding the pearls
Shopping Cart Recovery
If you live downtown Jersey City and see a lonely shopping car lingering about, please snap and txt/DM a photo and cross streets to me.
Special Thank you Corrine. She recovered this shopping cart accumulating garbage, power-washed it in the rain and stored it in her garage for pick up.
One brisk walk through download JC and this cart has completed the first leg of it’s transformation journey…
How Has The Pandemic Affected My Work?
Ive been asked if the pandemic has affected me several times over the past year and a half…
The pandemic has forced me to rethink my social practice; how I create my work and source my materials are now done with social distancing in mind. Art supply swap meet ups became Glad bag recycled goodie drop offs with the doorman. In person work shops replaced by Zoom studio visits.
The pandemic alone time has given me space to be present to old emotional baggage and say good bye to many lingering conversations that have been inhabiting my head. Creating space for new and old ideas to co-mingle and inspire
Hello, It’s Me… Group Show in NYC
To all my NYC people, this show is in Manhattan so no excuse not to attend the opening. I’m just saying…
Plus I am showing some smaller rope works (read affordable) and an installation about the Double Pandemic of Covid and racial injustice.
Exhibit on View: July 20, 2021 – August 7, 2021
Opening Reception: Tuesday July 20th 6:00pm – 9:00pm
On Location: Ed. Varie 184 East 7th Street
I’m with MoCADA @ Governor’s Island
This summer, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) presents Theda Sandiford: Hidden in Plain Sight, a dynamic presentation confronting the psychological and emotional impact of racial gaslighting in daily life.
On view now through August 23 in Nolan Park Building 7A, Governor’s Island, NYC.
More programming to come. Watch this space for dates and details
Social Fabric Getting Great Press
Click to read the fantastic write up of this show…
Be The Light… Yes You!
Who is coming to see me and my hair installation this Saturday July 10th 3:00-7:00pm ?
Be The Light
Exhibit On View: July 10, 2021 – August 22, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10th 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
On Location: Bridge Art Gallery 199 Broadway, Bayonne NJ
Women of all ages often feel unseen.
Through an exceptional visual art display, we proclaim that you are not invisible…we see you…we see your light!
The “Be the Light” Art Exhibition features work by:
- Maria Lupianez
- Martryce Roach
- Theda Sandiford
- Danielle Scott
- Heather Williams
This exhibition empowers viewers to heed the words of National Poet Amanda Gorman.
“There is always light,
If only we’re brave enough to see it,
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
RSVP
July Exhibitions
The Baggage We Carry
Public Art Installation On View: May 2021 – May 2022
On Location: Summit Village Green, 356 Broad Street Summit, NJ
Three Emotional Baggage Carts are on display for the next year. I want to draw people in and spark their curiosity. Not only to discover what materials are used to create these sculptures, but to look within and recognize the emotional baggage they are carrying. Each cart is affixed with a solar panel. When the sun sets, the carts light up and take on a new meaning and form, glowing from within.
Hiding In Plain Sight
Solo Exhibit on View: June 10–August 23, 2021
On Location: The Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA)/ Nolan Park House 7A, Governors Island, NYC
Visit MoCADA’s Virtual Gallery here.
A dynamic presentation made up of a virtual exhibition and public art installation on Governors Island, Hidden in Plain Sight confronts the psychological impact of racial gaslighting as revealed in her everyday interactions.
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
Curated by Gwendolyn Barrington Jackson, Nette Forné Thomas, Onnie Strother, and Wannetta Phillips (Art in the Atrium, Inc.), with Ronald T. Labaco (Morris Museum).
Featuring 50 works by over 27 artists, including Aminah Robinson, Beverly McCutcheon, Bisa Washington, Carole Robinson, Clara Nartey, Denise Toney, Ellaree Pray, Faith Ringgold, Gladys Barker Grauer, Glendora Simonson, Janet O. Green, Jeanine Bowen, Katie Commodore, Kianga Jinaki, Michael Cummings, Minnie Melvin, Sharela May Bonfield, Sherry Shine, Shervone Neckles, Stephen Towns, Theda Sandiford, Tina Williams Brewer, Toni Thomas, Viki Craig, Wannetta Phillips, and Maureen Kelleher and The Social Justice Collaboration Quilts Project.
NJ Arts Annual: Revision & Respond
Exhibit On View: June 17–August 22, 2021
Location: Newark Museum of Art, 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ
How did the pandemic, economic distress, and reckoning with racial injustice influence the artists? What emotions and perspectives do they express? How are they similar to or different from your personal experiences? We hope that these creative voices speak to you and offer a way to process the intense events of our current world.
Digital exhibition catalog here
Or make a reservation to see the show in person here
Be the Light
Exhibit On View: July 10, 2021 – August 22, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10th 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
On Location: Bridge Art Gallery 199 Broadway, Bayonne NJ
Fiber Arts X
On view: July 31 – September 12
Virtual Opening Reception or in person (To be confirmed): July 31, 1-3 pm
On Location: SebArts 282 S. High St, Sebastopol, CA
