Conceptual Materials Social Practice Artist
Location: Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street in Morristown NJ.
Opening Reception: Sunday, January 22nd from 3pm to 6pm.
Please let me know if you want to carpool and join me.
I have three solo shows in 2023 focused on this theme.
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.
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Dark matter takes up an estimated 25% of the vast universe. It is not observable through the human senses. In the darkness of space, its presence is detected by its interaction with gravity and its mass bending light around it, similar to refracted distortions in water. It is an uncomfortable truth that so much exists in our reality, yet so much is beyond our perception.
Like light revealing dark matter in space, the artists in the exhibition use the physicality of their work to present unrepresentable realities and experiences. The artists offer a range of engagement, from providing comfort to illustrating society’s harmful, unacknowledged ills that impact groups differently.
Each artist in DARK MATTER brings personal and systemic concerns to the foreground. By starting with the intangible, the artists render perceptible the dark matter of society.
DARK MATTER features artists Kevin Claiborne, Turiya Magadlela, Jamel Robinson, Nnorom Samuel, Theda Sandiford, Rudy Shepherd, Jairo Sosa, and Roscoè B. Thické III on view Tuesday, January 10th to Saturday, February 11th, with a reception on Friday, January 13th, 2023. Mark your calendar for a performance by Rudy Shepherd takes on Saturday, January 21st, and on Thursday, February 2nd, a special program with Art Noir.
I have quite a bit lined up for 2023 , including three solo shows, a return to Governors Island, Fiber Art’s Excellence in Fibers and the group show Dark Matter in LES. There is so much to look forward to in 2023.
Surface Design Association’s juried members’ exhibition
Exhibition Dates: December 6- January 27th, 2023
January 4, 2023: Online panel discussion held as part of Textile Talks
Location: Chehalem Cultural Center; 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR
Exhibition Dates: January 22-March 5
Location: Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street in Morristown NJ
Exhibition Dates: January 13- February 11, 2023
Location: Kates- Ferri Projects, 561 Grand St, New York, NY
Exhibition Dates: March 3 – July 30, 2023
Location: The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, NJ
Exhibition Dates: March 25-May 28, 2023
Location: Schweinfurth Art Center; 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021
Artist Talk: March 22, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ
Date: March 28, 2023
Location: Registration for Virtual Zoom details forthcoming
Exhibition Dates: April 22, 2023- July 17, 2023
Location: Wa Na Wari, 911 24th Avenue, Seattle WA
Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023
Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9 am to 4:45 pm; Closed Mondays & all State Holidays
Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ
Exhibition Dates: April 23,2022- May 21, 2023
Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO 65802.
Exhibition Dates: June 22- June 25, 2023
Location: Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Exhibition Dates: July 1, 2023- September 17, 2023
Location: The Lab at Krasl Art Center. 707 Lake Blvd, St Joseph, MI
Exhibition Dates:August 23, 2023 – January 7, 2024.
Location: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textile; 520 S First St, San Jose, CA 95113
There is still time to pick up a mini emotional baggage cart for yourself or someone special.
Saturdays and Sundays in December – 12pm – 5pm
December 19 – 22 5pm-8:30pm
Holiday Party: Friday, December 23 6pm – 9pm
Saturdays and Sundays in January – 12 to 3pm
Closing reception will be Friday, January 27th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
Location: Art House Productions Gallery: 345 Marin Blvd (between Morgan and Bay St.)
The online exhibition page and gallery is now live!
Forecast//Recast brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting — works that offer a glimpse of possible futures, reexamine historical narratives, shed light on needed social and ecological interventions, and bend inquiry towards new aims to reframe the way we view the world.
Highlighting fiber and textile-based materials and techniques, cross-disciplinary practices, experimental processes, and material innovation, this exhibition prompts a reshaping of the future with works that predict our current trajectories, cast a new gaze on the past, and revise what is to come.
Exhibition Dates: December 2- January 27, 2023
Location: Art House Productions Gallery: 345 Marin Blvd (between Morgan and Bay St.)
Opening Reception for JC Fridays is Dec 2, 6pm – 9pm but I won’t be there. I’ll be in Miami for Art Basel at the Satellite Art Show instead.
Saturdays and Sundays in December – 12pm – 5pm
December 19 – 22 5pm-8:30pm
Holiday Party: Friday, December 23 6pm – 9pm
Saturdays and Sundays in January – 12 to 3pm
Closing reception will be Friday, January 27th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. I will be there for the closing and hope to see you there too.
Exhibition Dates: December 6- January 27th, 2023
Location: Chehalem Cultural Center; 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR
If you are in Miami this week please come see me.
November 29 – December 4, 2022
INDIAN BEACH PARK | 4601 Collins Avenue | Miami Beach, FL 33140
VIP – First View (week pass) | $100 // General (day pass) | $20
FIRST VIEW | VIP + PRESS PREVIEW
TUE | November 29 | 1pm – 8pm
SHOW HOURS
WED | November 30 | 12pm – 7pm
THU | December 1 | 12pm – 7pm
FRI | December 2 | 12pm – 7pm
SAT | December 3 | 12pm – 7pm
SUN | December 4 | 12pm – 5pm
Please join me in Miami for the Satellite Art Show. I’ll be showing two emotional baggage carts on the beach.
November 29 – December 4, 2022
INDIAN BEACH PARK | 4601 Collins Avenue | Miami Beach, FL 33140
VIP – First View (week pass) | $100 // General (day pass) | $20
FIRST VIEW | VIP + PRESS PREVIEW
TUE | November 29 | 1pm – 8pm
SHOW HOURS
WED | November 30 | 12pm – 7pm
THU | December 1 | 12pm – 7pm
FRI | December 2 | 12pm – 7pm
SAT | December 3 | 12pm – 7pm
SUN | December 4 | 12pm – 5pm
AFTER-HOURS PROGRAMMING
TO BE ANNOUNCED – 7pm- 11pm
