Today is JC Friday

There is opportunity to shift structural language when a person plays with unexpected materials without any expectations. My Emotional Baggage Carts are designed to draw you in and spark your curiosity. Not only to discover what materials are used to create these sculptures, but to look within, recognize and release the emotional baggage you may be carrying. 

You are invited to work with me on an Emotional Baggage Cart in progress at Art 150, 150 Bay Street, Studio #231 on Friday September 9th from 6-9pm.

Enter Art150 at 1st Street and Provost St and ride the elevator to the second floor. Sudio #231.

Feel free to bring any recycled fibers or textiles to weave onto the cart. No experience necessary.

Free Your Mind @ Butter

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 am 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.

I will be attending the VIP Preview night and part of opening day before heading back to Jerz.

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.

September Exhibitions

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Preview Night; Thursday, September 1, 4:00 – 7:00pm

Friday, September 2, 11:00am – 10:00pm

Saturday, September 3, 11:00am – 10:00pm

Sunday, September 4, 11:00am – 6:00pm

Location: The Stutz, 1060 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis IN

Joyful Resistance (solo show)

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 7

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 8, 4:00-6:00pm

Tasting Reception: Friday, September 14, 4:00-6:00pm

Artist Talk : Friday, September 23, 6:00-8:00pm

Community/School Event: Wednesday, September 28, 3:00-6:00pm

Closing Reception: Friday, October 7, 3:00-5:00pm

Location: Ivy Brown Gallery; 675 Hudson St, #4N New York, NY

212-925-1111 by appointment

Emotional Baggage Cart in Progress @ JC Friday

Friday September 9, 5:00-9:00pm

Location: Art 150, 150 Bay Street, Jersey City.  

Enter at Provost and First Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Wonderland

Exhibition Dates: September 15 – October 20, 2022

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 5:00-7:00pm

Location: Trolley Barn Gallery; 489 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Sensing Woman

Exhibition Dates September 27- October 1

Location: C24 Gallery, 560 W 24th St, New York, NY 

Art150 JCAST 2022 Opening Party

My studio will be open for Art150’s JCAST Party.

Friday, September 30, 5:00-9:00pm

Location: Art 150, Studie #231, 150 Bay Street, Jersey City.

Enter at Provost and First Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Free Your Mind Public Art and Emotional Baggage Cart Installation @ Governors Island

On display through the end of October.

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 15, 1:00pm

Location: Harlem Art Crawl, 406b Colonels Row, Governors Island

2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence.

Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9am to 4:45pm; Closed Mondays & all State Holidays

Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ

Sculpture Walk Springfield 2022-2023

Exhibition Dates: Now through May 21, 2023

Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO

Free Your Mind: Live Demo This Weekend

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

Im Stoked

I am pleased to share that Blackety Black Blanket was chosen for Surface Design Journal’s Seventh Annual International Exhibition in Print: The Fusion of Fiber Arts, Fashion & Design selected by Guest Juror Amber-Dawn Bear Robe and SDJ Managing Editor Lauren Sinner.

Each year, SDA’s International Exhibition In Print showcases the breadth and depth of contemporary artists and designers working with fiber and textile-based materials, methods, and techniques. 

My work will appear in print and digital edition of the Fall 2022 Surface Design Journal.

photo credit: April Tracy

I’m going to Wonderland

I am pleased to share, I’ve been invited to exhibit three works at Wonderland International Juried Exhibition. The show is an interpretive, experiential art show that will explore wonder, fascination and illusion, curated by juror Allison Glenn, the senior curator at New York’s Public Art Fund.

I plan to attend the Opening Reception in Poughkeepsie, please let me know if you want to roadtrip with me from Jersey City.

  • Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 5:00-7:00 pm
  • Exhibition Dates: September 15 – October 20, 2022
  • Location: Trolley Barn Gallery; 489 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Join Me on Governors Island next weekend

Free Your Mind Public Art Installation @ Art Crawl Harlem

Live Art Demos on July 9, July 16, August 6 and August 20 from 11a – 3pm.

Location: Governors Island, 406b Colonels Row

The installation is on display through the end of August 2022.

Come hang out and play with me while I live weave a new emotional baggage cart.

Free Your Mind: Social Justice Public Art Installation
Free Your Mind is a collection of personal narratives. Participants are invited to share an 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. 

July Exhibitions

Chutes and Ladders

Window Installation on display through July 30th

Location: Art 150, studio #231. 150 Bay Street.

Enter at Provost and First Street and ride the elevator to the 2nd floor. Studio # 231

Free Your Mind Public Art Installation @ Art Crawl Harlem

Live Art Demos: July 9, July 16, August 6 and August 20 from 11a – 3pm.

The installation runs through the end of August 2022

Location: Governors Island, 406b Colonels Row

Tell Me More About Yourself (Self-Portraits and other Autobiographical Endeavors)

Exhibition Dates: June 25, 2022 – August 5, 2022

Location: Gallery Aferro, 73 Market St, Newark, NJ

Public Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12:00-6:00pm

Camouflage Pink Detail

2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence.

Exhibition On View: June 18, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Museum Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9am to 4:45pm; Closed Mondays and all State Holidays

Location: New Jersey State Museum; 205 West State Street Trenton NJ

Lady Whistledown

Sculpture Walk Springfield 2022-2023

Exhibition Dates: Now through May 21, 2023

Location: 411 N. Sherman Parkway, Springfield MO

Dorchester Road Rage