I just completed the first layer of yarn on four 25′ length, 1/2″ thick camo ropes. Im used Red Heart Camouflage and Aran Fleck yarn for this layer.
Im playing with the ropes and considering what to weave on next.
New 25′ Ropes In Progress
Here We Are
Exhibition Catalog
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Conversations With on IGLive
I’ll be on Instagram Live with It Begins with Passion on Instagram.
Thursday 4/30 @ 7pm ET on Instagram.
Join me for a chat about art, wine and a preview of my current works in progress addressing the politics of hair.
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Rethinking Community
During this time, the fellowship of making art with other people is a big missing for me. Art making is how I stay balanced. It is how I release my stress after a long day at work. Making art with other people creates special affinities.
Under quarantine, things are a bit different. Telecommuting for a work-a-holic personality is all consuming. At the end of the day, I am exhausted from having been SWITCHED ON for hours. I just don’t have it in me to call anyone, organize or hop on a ZOOM to say in touch with my community.
Lately, the few calls I do make, i’m learning about the passing of a mutual friend or family member due to covid-19. I tense up when the phone rings now. And the sentimental TV spots are starting to annoy me. I’m tired.
The one thing I look forward to is the 7:00pm Cheer for Heathcare and Essential Workers. The clapping, banging on pots and hooting and hollering each night with my high rise neighbors is a welcome release.
This is my new community. I now find myself listening for a certain scream from a building on Morgan Street or a particular clanking of a pot from the high rise in front of my roof deck. Hello new friends, thank you for keeping me sane.
Flash Back to Art House Big Mouth Workshop
CoVid19 Fall Out
It has taken me a moment to adjust to the new normal of being stuck in the apartment 24/7, worrying about my elderly parents, a non stop parade of 10-6p video ZOOM calls for work and figuring out how to get comfortable with not know when this will all end.
I thrive on making artwork in community and I can’t do that right now. Its been an adjustment being solo in the studio again. It is not the same for me
With all galleries and museums temporarily shuttered, several of my shows have either been postponed or are now virtual. And who knows when I will receive back art from arts institutions that are currently shutdown. My Now Friends Residency in Nairobi Kenya scheduled for July is now up in the air too. There is so much uncertainty right now.
Here is what I do know..
Annual Art Supply Swap Postponed
We shifted Sky Garden Gallery’s annual Spring Art Supply Swap to September 5, 2020. And will close Oshun after we shoot a virtual tour of the show this week. Thi
Wonder Women @ Bridge Art Gallery
Wonder Women was installed at Bridge Art Gallery days before NJ shut down all non-essential businesses. You can visit via the virtual tour below. Contact Bridge Art Gallery if you are interested in seeing any of these works in person, a private viewing may be possible.
ViewPoints 2020 @ Studio Montclair
You will have to wait to see Caribbean Friendship Bracelet in person at ViewPoints 2020. The exhibition has been pushed from May to October of this year.
Exhibit Dates: 10/28 – 11/27
Opening reception: Friday, October 30
Quarantine Home Office Improvement
After my first week working from home in my art studio, I realized my makeshift home office in the corner of my studio was not going to cut it. A little Spring cleaning and online shopping was necessary to turn things around. Now Im ready to hunker down for however long I need to be sequestered at home.
Hand Held DustBuster
In my office, the cleaning ladies slay any crumbs and dried flower petals strewn on my desk. Under quarantine a investment in a handheld vac was necessary, hence BLACK+DECKER dusbuster Handheld Vacuum, Cordless, Flexi Blue (HHVI315JO42) It arrives this week.
Tripod Selfie Ring Light
I have been on a never ending parade of ZOOM calls since I have been working from home. Lighting is everything so I invested in 10″ Selfie Ring Light with 50″ Extendable Tripod Stand & Flexible Phone Holder features 3 light colors (Warm, Cool White, Daylight) and 11 levels brightness in each color. The tripod extends from 16″ to 50″, and even comes with comes with a Bluetooth remote.
Blue Light Blocking Glasses
Non stop video conference calls and mass influx of email means, eye strain from the computer screen. I noticed my co-worker wearing a cool pair of glasses, turns out they are Blue Light Blocking Glasses. I ordered the Snow Fleck pair, they arrive this week. If they work, i’m going to get a pairs for my staff.
USB HUB
There are never enough USB Ports available when needing to plug in all my devices. So I broke down and ordered this 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub with Individual LED Power Switches.
Chair Mat
My desk chair and area rug were dueling. I tripped three times my first day working from home. Yeah, that wasn’t going to work, so I got this 46″x 60″ Clear Rectangle Office Chair Mat For Low Pile Carpet and i’ve been golden ever since.
Other
I stole the good office guest chair, second HDMI monitor, hand held calculator and stapler from McCarty’s Sky Garden Gallery’s office.
New Works In Progress
Want a sneak peak on what i’ve been working on?
I still need to embroider the beads and little green army men. Soon come.
IG Livestream Happy Hour
I miss YOU, my community…
I’m opening my studio virtually on Instagram Live for Happy Hour.
Friday April 3rd at 5pm-6pm ET.
Follow me on Instagram @MissTheda and join the Livestream for a tour of my studio, wine drinking, works in progress and Q&A.
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Beauty is Given
Virtual Tour of Wonder Women
Take of virtual tour of Wonder Women exhibition at Bridget Arts Gallery …
This is me and my series Wonder Women
Learn about my creative process…