Conceptual Materials Social Practice Artist
As I am ruminating on new audio and lighting installation elements for Free Your Mind, I’ve been looking at lots of James Turrell for inspiration. His installations feature the use of natural and artificial light, along with colour and space, to create a vibe for contemplation.
I need to figure out how to fit in a road trip to see his new work, Green Mountain Falls Skyspace near Colorado Springs.
My work is not built for a casual glance. I want you to look twice, to take it in and truly see, the lines, translucency and shadows.
I have always been a fan of Richard Serra. I a inspired by the thoughtfulness and austerity of his, “Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure” which is newly installed at the Glenstone Museum, Potomac MD.
… biomorphic surrealism from Gregory Ojakpe
The weaving on the left is a work in progress. The photo on the right is the view from my tree house in St. Croix.
…the “lace of light” from Iris van Herpen. Her inspiration is drawn from the ongoing hybridization of nature and technology.
I just want to know how she builds structure seemingly out of thin air.
In honor of Juneteenth this year, I am sharing the public a recording of Textile Society of America’s 2022 colloquium series, (re)claiming futures.
Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi led a panel of leading Black quilters—Ed Johnetta Miller, Dorothy Burge and L’Merchie Frazier—who discussed their artwork through the lens of social justice, protest, and as a reflection of past and current situations adversely affecting the African American community.
These quilters are all members of the Women of Color Quilters Network, founded by Dr. Mazloomi. Karen Hampton, artist, TSA member made the opening and closing remarks.
(re)claiming futures is generously supported by the Lenore Tawney Foundation.
I love watching and learning from process videos.
I just discovered Robert Woods sculptural dress forms and I cannot get enough. I happen to have a bunch of tulle in my closet.
This weekend I am taking over Fiber Art Now’s Instagram page… #artisttakingoverfan
I recently Zoomed Kent State University museum’s excellent research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent with KSU Museum with co-curators, Joseph L. Underwood, assistant professor of art history at KSU and Tameka Ellington, associate professor at the School of Fashion at KSU.
To say, I felt seen during the webinar would be a massive understatement.
The talk explored topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display.
Black hair has long been an visual signifier that has been leveraged, disdained, celebrated, and scrutinized for centuries.
I have been studying exhibition photos on the website. The shape of the combs, product packaging, and masterworks from artists including Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Mary Sibande and Lina Iris Viktor have left me truly inspired to dig out some unfinished rope hair pieces I stashed away at the beginning of the Pandemic.
